LaCie 500GB USB3.0 HDD Guida Utente
LaCie Rugged USB 3.0
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Optional Formatting and Partitioning
User Manual
page 17
3.2.2. Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users
The following steps explain how to format your LaCie hard disk using
Windows Vista or Windows 7.
Windows Vista or Windows 7.
CAUTION:
Following these steps will erase everything from the
Rugged hard drive. If you have information that you want to protect
or continue to use, back up this information before performing these
steps.
or continue to use, back up this information before performing these
steps.
1. Right-click
Computer
and choose
Manage
. From the Manage
window select
Disk Management
.
2. From the list of drives in the middle of the Disk Management
window, right-click your LaCie hard drive and select
New Sim-
ple Volume...
(
).
3. The
New Simple Volume Wizard
will appear. To continue
choose
Next>
4. This wizard allows you to create volumes, also known as parti-
tions. You can choose to create a single partition or many. Type
the size of the partition you want to create in megabytes (MB).
For example, a 100GB (gigabyte) partition is 100000MB. If you
want to create a FAT32 partition, the size cannot exceed 32GB
(32000MB) (
the size of the partition you want to create in megabytes (MB).
For example, a 100GB (gigabyte) partition is 100000MB. If you
want to create a FAT32 partition, the size cannot exceed 32GB
(32000MB) (
). Once you have chosen a partition size,
select
Next>
.
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