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Formatting the drive in
Windows Hosts
1. Open the disk management console. A list of the attached
drives and their respective volumes will appear.
GreenDrive Disk.
The Disk Management Console can be found under
\Windows\System32\diskmgmt.msc on your system drive. For
an illustrated guide, please see
http://www.fantomdrives.com/support/faqs
2. Right-click on the drive letter and select Format in the pop-up
menu. The Format dialog box will appear.
Before a new, un-partitioned disk can be used in Windows, it
must contain a disk signature. If the hard disk is not signed
for use, the New Partition option is unavailable (superimposed
no-entry icon). In this case a
signature can be written on the
hard drive by right clicking on
the disk description window and
selecting "Initialize Disk".
3. Under Capacity, verify the drive capacity. It should be close to
the stated capacity of your drive in gigabytes.
4. In the File System pop-up menu, select NTFS. The default
formatting option is full format. A full format will take about
30-90 minutes. A Quick format will take just a minute, but will
do less verifying of the drive than a full format. Click Start. Once
the format process is complete, your External Hard drive is
ready to use.
5. In Windows XP and Vista, it is possible to optimize the drive
for performance or quick removal. To select your desired mode,
open the device manager (located in \Windows\System32\
devmgmt.msc on your system drive.) Right-click Fantom Disk in
Disk drives, and select properties. Select the Policies Tab near
the top left of the window, and click your desired optimization
level. Press OK when finished, and you may close the disk
management applet.
How to Safely Dismount
and Turn Off the
External Hard drive
Select the
What do 'mounting' and 'dismounting' mean? When a device
such as a hard drive is mounted, that means the computer
'sees' the device and is able to communicate with it. When you
dismount a device, the computer no longer sees it. The device
may still be running but the computer cannot access it, as
though the device no longer exists.
Never turn off or unplug a hard drive without dismounting it first.
Doing so could cause data on the drive to be lost or damaged.
How to safely dismount and turn off the
drive with the computer running
Mac Users
Drag the icon for the External Hard drive to the Trash. The drive will
dismount and you can then safely turn if off. You may then unplug the
power cord and data cable if you want to disconnect the drive.
PC Users
1. Locate the System Tray. The System Tray includes the time
display in the bottom right, and icons to the left of the time. One
of the icons will be an hot plug icon ( ).
2. Left-click on ( ). You will receive the alert message "Safely
Remove.." followed by the drive description and drive letter for
the device.
3. Left-click on the appropriate device (with the drive letter
matching the one used by the External Hard drive). After a few
seconds, Windows will give you a message that it is safe to
remove the device.
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