LaCie Rugged Hard Disk user manual Formatting from HFS+ Apple File System to Ntfs, 2-A

LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design by Neil Poulton	Optional Formatting and Partitioning
User Manual	page 19

3.2.2. Formatting from HFS+ (Apple File System) to NTFS

Follow the steps in this section if you used LaCie Setup Assistant to format your drive for use with a Mac or if you reformatted your LaCie hard disk as an HFS+ volume on a Mac.

CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from the hard disk. If you have information that you want to protect or continue to use, back up this information before performing these steps.

1.Right-click My Computer and select Manage (Fig. 3.2.2-A). The Computer Management window opens.

2.Select Disk Management under Storage (you may have to expand the Storage list to see the Disk Management op- tion). See Fig. 3.2.2-B. Information about all storage de- vices connected to your computer appears in the pane on the right.

3.Find the disk corresponding to your LaCie hard disk. Right- click on the “Unallocated” volume in the disk allocation bar and select New Partition… from the right-click options menu (Fig. 3.2.2-B). The New Partition Wizard opens.

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Figure 3.2.2-A

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Figure 3.2.2-B