LaCie Hard Disk Design By Neil Poulton Benutzerhandbuch

LaCie hard disk 

• DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON

 

Formatting & Partitioning

User Manual 

page 15

The process of formatting a drive on a computer running Win-
dows 7, Windows XP or Windows Vista consists of two steps: (1) 
installing a signature on the drive, and (2) formatting the drive. 
These steps will erase anything that is on the disk.

 Following these steps will erase everything from the 

your hard drive. If you have information that you want to protect 
or continue to use, back up this information before performing 
these steps.

1.  Connect the drive to the computer via the interface port.

2.  Right-click My Computer and select Manage.

3.  From the “Computer Management” window, select Disk 

Management (located below the Storage group). See 

.

4.  If the “Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard” window appears, 

click Cancel.

5.  Windows will list the Hard Disks that are installed on the 

system. Locate the drive that is represented by the 

 icon. 

Right-click the icon and select Initialize.

6.  In the box to the right that says Unallocated, right-click and 

select New Partition…

7.  On the first page of the “New Partition Wizard,” click Next. 

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