LaCie rugged SAFE • Design by neil Poulton Formatting Your Hard DriveUser Manual page 416.2.3. Mac UsersThe steps listed below will help you format and partition your diskdrive using Mac OS X. Please see 6.2.1. Windows XP Users or 6.2.2.Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users for instructions on formattingusing alternative operating systems. For more information on theoptimal file format, go to 6. Formatting Your LaCie Rugged Safe.CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from thehard drive. Back up all data that you want to protect or continue touse before you format the disk drive.1. Connect the drive to the computer via the 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. 62). Select your LaCiehard disk drive from the list of available hard disks on the leftside of the window.5. Select the Partition tab (Fig. 63).continued on the next page>>Fig. 62Fig. 63
