LaCie Little Big Disk - Manual (Page 17)

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Formatting & Partitioning
User Manual page 17
3.1.2. 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
Little 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 con-
tinue to use, back up this information before performing these steps.
1. Right-click My Computer and select Manage ( Fig. 09 ). The
Computer Management window opens.
2. Select Disk Management under Storage (you may have to
expand the Storage list to see the Disk Management option).
See
Fig. 10 . Information about all storage devices connected to
your computer appears in the pane on the right.
3. Find the disk corresponding to your LaCie Little Disk. Right-click
on the “Unallocated” volume in the disk allocation bar and se-
lect New Partition… from the right-click options menu (
Fig.
10 ). The New Partition Wizard opens.
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