Formatting The Drive In Windows 2000 Or Xp - Acomdata Ondago User Manual

DOS file system. The MS-DOS files system is the equiva-
lent of FAT32 on the PC.
Mac OS 10.2 Users:
Hard drives or drive partitions that are larger than 128 GB
and formatted with the FAT32/MS DOS file system will not
mount on Mac OS 10.2 through 10.2.8. If your Drive is larger
than 128 GB, and you are using Mac OS 10.2, you have several
options to deal with this issue:
1) Re-format the Drive using the Mac OS Extended file system;
2) Partition the Drive so that no single partition is larger
than 128 GB;
3) Upgrade to Mac OS 10.3. For more information, go to
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107483
on the Apple web site.
Mac OS X v.10.3 Users:
If you connect an NTFS-formatted disk to a Mac running Mac
OS X v.10.3, the computer will be able to read the Mac-com-
patible files, but you will not be able to save any data to the
disk.
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Formatting the Drive
in Windows 2000 or XP
1. Disable any anti-virus software you may have running in
the background.
2. Double-click on My Computer/Explorer. In the My
Computer/Explorer window you should see the icon and
drive letter for the AcomData Drive. (If you are not sure
which drive letter represents the AcomData Drive, turn it
off and see which one of the icons disappears. Then turn
on the Drive and wait for the drive letter to reappear.)
3. Right-click on the drive letter and select Format... in the
pop-up menu. The Format dialog box will appear.
4. Under Capacity, verify the Drive capacity. It should be
close to the stated capacity of your Drive in gigabytes.
5. In the File System pop-up menu, select NTFS. Do not
select FAT32 as you cannot format the Drive using the
FAT32 file system on Windows 2000 or XP.
6. In the Allocation unit size pop up, select "Default alloca-
tion size. "
6. In the Volume label field, type in a name for the Drive. You
should give the drive a unique name that will allow you
to easily distinguish it from other hard drives or storage
devices.
7. The default formatting option is Full format, however
under Format options you can select Quick Format. A
Full format will take about 30-90 minutes. A Quick format
will take just a few minutes, but will do less verifying of
the Drive than a Full format will. Do not check Enable
Compression.
8. Click Start. Once the format process is complete, the Drive
will be ready to use.
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