LaCie 1TB d2 Quadra Hard Disk User Manual download pdf (Page 24)

LaCie d2 Quadra • Design by neil Poulton Optional Formatting and Partitioning

User Manual page 24

3.3. Formatting for Mac Users

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. Select Utilites from the Go menu in Finder.

2. Open Disk Utility.

3. In the disk list on the left side of the Disk Utility window, ﬁnd

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).

4. Select the Partition tab.

5. From the 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.

6. In the 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.

8. Click Partition. Click Partition again to close the alert

message and continue.

9. Mac Disk Utility will format and partition the disk according

to your settings, and your drive will be ready to use.

Figure 3.3�A

Figure 3.3�B

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