LaCie Desktop Hard Disk User Manual

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LaCie Desktop Hard DiskUser ManualFormatting and PartitioningPage 163.2. Formatting for Mac UsersConnect the drive to the computer and turn on the1.drive.Select2. Utilities from the Go menu in the Findermenu bar.In the Utilities folder, double-click3. Disk Utility.The Disk Utility window will open. Select the volume4.labeled LaCie Desktop Hard Disk from the list ofavailable hard disks on the left side of the window.Select the5. Partition tab.From the6. Volume Scheme: menu, choose the num-ber of partitions you want to divide the drive into(Mac OS 10.x gives you the option of dividing thedrive into at most 16 partitions). You can adjust thesize of each partition using the slide bar between thepartitions in the Volume Scheme: area.In the7. Volume Information section, enter a namefor each volume (partition), choose the volume for-mat (Mac OS Extended, Mac OS Standard, UNIXFile System, or MS-DOS).Once you have finalized the volume options, click8.Partition. Click Partition again when the alert mes-sage appears to continue.Mac Disk Utility will format and partition the disk9.according to your settings, and your drive will beready to use.Fig. 3.2.ImpOrTANT INfO: Please refer to section 3,Formatting and Partitioning, for a more detailedcomparison of the various file system formats.CAUTION: Following these steps will eraseeverything from the Hard Disk. If you have in-formation that you want to protect or continue touse, back up this information before performingthese steps.ImpOrTANT INfO: Apple recommends thatunless you have a specific reason to use the UNIXFile System (UFS), you should use the Mac OSExtended format because it provides a more famil-iar experience to Macintosh users.