Naming Your Ondago; Re-Formatting The Drive - Acomdata Ondago User Manual

Naming
Your Ondago
Now that your Drive has
been connected and
mounted to your operating
system, you may want to give it a
name to distinguish it from other stor-
age devices connected to your computer.
If you are going to re-format the Drive, go to "Re-Formatting
the Drive" now; you will have the opportunity to name the
Drive during the formatting setup process.
PC Users:
1. Double-click on My Computer.
2. In the My Computer window click on the Drive icon.
3. In the File menu, select Properties.
4. Under the General tab of the Properties window, type a
name in the text field beside the Drive icon.
Mac Users:
1. Locate the Drive icon on your computer's Desktop.
2. Click and hold the mouse button on the icon's label until
it is highlighted.
3. Type in a name and press Return.
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Re-Formatting the Drive

FORMATTING A HARD DRIVE ERASES ALL DATA
STORED ON THE DRIVE! BEFORE YOU FORMAT THE
DRIVE, BE SURE TO SAVE A COPY OF ANY FILES YOU
WISH TO KEEP TO ANOTHER STORAGE DEVICE.
Your AcomData Ondago Drive was formatted at the factory
with the FAT32 file system. This makes the Drive both PC
and Mac compatible right out of the box, and allows you to
share files between platforms.
If you plan to use your Drive only on a Mac or only on a PC,
you should consider re-formatting the Drive with one of the
more advanced file systems that may be available to you.
Formatting Options for PC Users
If you are running Windows 2000 or XP and you do not plan
to use the Drive on a Mac or Windows 95 or Me, consider
re-formatting your Drive with the NTFS file system. NTFS
provides several advantages over FAT32, including better
security and support for files larger than 4 GB. NTFS is not
compatible with Windows 98SE and Me.
Formatting Options for Mac Users
If you plan to use the Drive only on a Mac, consider re-for-
matting your Drive with the Mac OS Extended file system.
Formatting Options
for Cross-Platform Compatibility
If you ever need to re-format your Drive and you need both
PC and Mac compatibility, you have two options:
1. Format the Drive on a PC with the FAT32 file system.
2. Format the Drive on Mac OS X v.10.3 or later with the MS-
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