Creating A New Partition - Vantec Desktop PC NST-360FBSU-BK User Manual

7. Creating A New Partition:

FOR Windows 2000 /XP/ Vista : users
(1) Right click on "My Computer"
and choose "Manage".
(2) Under "Storage" on the LEFT pane,
select "Disk Management"
(3) Windows should now give you the option to
initialize the disk. lf not,locate the new drive,
right click on the new disk (where it reads "Disk #")
and choose Initialize. (This step may not be required
for some hard drives.)
(4) Go through the wizard.
(5) Once complete,locate your hard drive in
the bottom right pane. Right click on the
area with a status bar (to the right of the
"Disk #" area) and choose New Partition.
WARNING :
Doing the following setup will erase any existing
data on the drive.
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Creating a New Partition
NOTE :
Most hard drives should come with a CD that
includes on installation program. If not, a download
should be available on the manufcturers website.
The best way to partition a new hard drive is by using
the manufacturers program. However, if that is not
possible,please try the following instead
(if using Mac as 9 or below, please refer to your
hard drive documentation for information on
formatting / partitioning the hard drive):
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