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LaCie rugged XL • Design by Neil Poulton Optional Formatting and Partitioning

User Manual page 17

3.2. Formatting for Windows Users

Before you start, connect the drive to the computer and follow

the steps in section 3.1 to ﬁnd the ﬁle system format of your

LaCie Rugged XL.

✦ If your disk is formatted as a FAT32 volume, proceed to

section 3.2.1. Formatting from FAT32 to NTFS.

✦ If your disk is formatted as an HFS+ volume (or unrecog-

nized in Windows) , click here or proceed to section 3.2.2.

Formatting from HFS+.

3.2.1. Formatting from FAT32 to NTFS

Follow these steps if you used LaCie Setup Assistant to create

an exchange volume on your LaCie Rugged XL for data sharing

between Windows and Mac computers or if you reformatted

your LaCie Rugged XL as a FAT32 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 continue to use, back up this information before performing

these steps.

1. Right-click My Computer and select Manage (Fig. 3.2.1-

A). 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. 3.2.1-B. Information about all storage devices con-

nected to your computer appears in the pane on the right.

3. Find the disk corresponding to your LaCie Rugged XL. Right-

click in the disk allocation bar of the FAT32 volume and

select Format… from the right-click options menu (Fig.

3.2.1-B).

TECHNICAL NOTE: If you did not create an exchange vol-

ume using LaCie Setup Assistant, there may be only one vol-

ume associated with the disk.

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Figure 3.2.1-B

Figure 3.2.1-A

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