Western Digital WD Dual-Option USB External Drive User Manual - Manual (Page 14)

WD DUAL-OPTION EXTERNAL USB HARD DRIVE
USER MANUAL
CONNECTING THE DRIVE – 10
Formatting the Drive
Your WD Dual-option drive is preformatted as a single FAT32 partition for compatibility
with all Windows operating systems.The FAT32 file system has a maximum file transfer of
4 GB. For more information about file formats and overcoming file size limitations, refer to
your operating system manual or visit support.wdc.com, click Knowledge Base, and search for
answer ID 1053 for Windows 2000 or answer ID 1021 for Windows XP.
Macintosh users, see “Macintosh” on page 6 to reinitialize the drive to a Mac OS format.
WD Button Manager
The WD Button Manager controls dual-option backup functions. The icon in the system tray
(typically located on the bottom right corner of your desktop) is blue. When the drive is
powered off or disconnected, the icon disappears. If the drive has difficulty communicating
with the backup software, the icon becomes red.
WD BUTTON MANAGER ICON