LaCie Hard Disk • Design by neil Poulton Optional Formatting and PartitioningUser Manual page Follow the steps in this section if you used LaCie Setup Assistantto format your drive for use with a Mac or if you reformattedyour LaCie hard disk as an HFS+ volume on a Mac.CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything fromthe hard disk. If you have information that you want to protector continue to use, back up this information before performingthese steps.Right-click My Computer and select Manage (Fig. 3.2.2-A). The Computer Management window opens.Select Disk Management under Storage (you may have toexpand the Storage list to see the Disk Management option).See Fig. 3.2.2-B. Information about all storage devices con-nected to your computer appears in the pane on the right.Find the disk corresponding to your LaCie hard disk. Right-click on the “Unallocated” volume in the disk allocation barand select New Partition… from the right-click optionsmenu (Fig. 3.2.2-B). The New Partition Wizard opens.Continued on next page…1.2.3.3.2.2. Formatting from HFS+ (Apple File System) to NTFSFigure 3.2.2-AFigure 3.2.2-B