LaCie 301336U User Manual

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LaCie d2 Quadra Enterprise Class • Design by neil Poulton SetupUser Manual page 192.3.3. Mac UsersCAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from the d2,including encrypted data. If you have information that you want toprotect or continue to use, back up this information before perform-ing these steps.1. Connect the drive to the power source and to the computer viathe interface port.2. Select Utilities from the Go menu in the Finder menu bar.3. In the Utilities folder, double-click Disk Utility.4. The Disk Utility window will open (Fig. 11). Select the volumelabeled LaCie Hard Disk from the list of available hard diskson the left side of the window.5. Select the Partition tab.6. From the Volume Scheme: menu, choose the number of parti-tions you want to divide the drive into (Mac OS X gives you theoption of dividing the drive into at most 16 partitions). You canadjust the size of each partition using the slide bar between thepartitions in the Volume Scheme: area.7. In the Volume Information section, enter a name for eachvolume (partition), choose the volume format.8. Once you have finalized the volume options, click Partition.Click Partition again when the alert message appears to con-tinue.9. Mac Disk Utility will format and partition the disk according toyour settings, and your drive will be ready to use.IMPORTANT INFO: Please refer to section 2.3.1. File SystemFormats, for a more detailed comparison of the various file systemformats.IMPORTANT INFO: Apple recommends that unless you have aspecific reason to use the UNIX File System (UFS), you should usethe Mac OS Extended format because it provides a more familiarexperience to Macintosh users.Fig. 11IMPORTANT NOTE: Formatting will not erase the encryption con-figuration. If you wish to format a d2 that has been encrypted, youwill first need to unlock the device using the LaCie Desktop Man-ager, then follow the steps below.