Vantec NST-360FBSU-BK user manual Creating a New Partition, Go through the wizard

7. Creating A New Partition:

FOR Windows 2000/XP/ Vista : users

(1)Right click on "My Computer" and choose "Manage". ( pic 7-A )

(2)Under "Storage"on the LEFT pane, select "Disk Management" ( pic 7-B )

(3)Windows should now give you the option to initialize the disk. lf not,locate the new drive, right click on the new disk (where it reads "Disk #") and choose Initialize.(This step may not be required for some hard drives.) ( pic 7-B )

(4)Go through the wizard.

(5)Once complete,locate your hard drive in the bottom right pane. Right click on the area with a status bar (to the right of the "Disk #" area) and choose New Partition.

WARNING :

Doing the following setup will erase any existing data on the drive.

NOTE :

Most hard drives should come with a CD that includes on installation program. If not, a download should be available on the manufcturers website. The best way to partition a new hard drive is by using the manufacturers program. However, if that is not possible,please try the following instead

(if using Mac as 9 or below, please refer to your hard drive documentation for information on formatting / partitioning the hard drive):

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( pic 7-A )

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( pic 7-B )

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