LaCie Rugged Hard Disk - Manual (Page 21)

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Optional Formatting and Partitioning
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Formatting for Mac Users 3.3.
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.
Select 1. Utilites from the Go menu in Finder.
Open Disk Utility. 2.
In the disk list on the left side of the Disk Utility window, find 3.
the disk corresponding to your LaCie hard disk. For each
disk there is a listing for the drive controller and one for
each volume on the disk. Select the listing for the controller
(ex. “153.4 GB HDT72251…” in Fig. 3.3-A).
Select the 4. Partition tab.
From the 5. Volume Scheme menu, choose the number of
partitions you want to divide the drive into (16 maximum).
You can adjust the size of each partition using the slide bar
between the partitions in the Volume Scheme area.
In the 6. Volume Information section, enter a name for each
volume (partition) and choose the volume format (Mac OS
Extended, Mac OS Standard, UNIX File System, or MS-
DOS).
TeChNICAl NOTe: To share a volume with Windows users,
select MS-DOS (FAT32) format.
ImpOrTANT INfO: Apple recommends that unless you
have a specific reason to use the UNIX File System (UFS), you
should use the Mac OS Extended format because it provides a
more familiar experience to Macintosh users.
Click 7. Partition. Click Partition again to close the alert
message and continue.
Mac Disk Utility will format and partition the disk according 8.
to your settings, and your drive will be ready to use.
Figure 3.3-A
Figure 3.3-B
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