Formatting Mini Pal In Windows 98Se Or Me; Formatting Mini Pal In Mac Os X; Formatting Mini Pal In Mac Os 9 - Acomdata HD500FPMM User Manual

Formatting mini Pal
in Windows 98SE or Me
1. Disable any anti-virus software you may have running in the background.
2. Double-click on the My Computer icon. In the My Computer window you
should see the icon/letter for the mini Pal (labeled "External"). If you are
not sure which icon represents the mini Pal, unmount and turn off the mini
Pal to see which one of the icons disappears. Then turn on the mini Pal and
wait for the icon to reappear.
3. Right-click on the mini Pal icon/letter and select Format. In the Format win-
dow, verify the capacity; it should be close to the stated capacity of your
mini Pal in Megabytes.
4. Under Format type, select Full; everything else should be left at the default
setting. In the Label field under Other options, type in a name for your
mini Pal. (The name is limited to 8 characters, and no symbols are allowed.)
5. Click Start. The following warning message will appear: "This device is
either a hard disk or a large removable disk. Formatting it will destroy all
files currently on the drive. Are you sure you want to format this drive?" If
no data was previously written to the mini Pal, or you already backed up
the data you wish to keep, click OK.
6. If you see a warning from an antivirus program, click Exclude.
7. When formatting is complete, you will be asked to run a thorough
Scandisk. Periodically running Scandisk is a part of regular hard drive main-
tenance. If you do not wish to run Scandisk at this time, close the Format
window.
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Formatting mini Pal
in Mac OS X
1. Disable any anti-virus software you may have running in the background.
2. Launch the Disk Utility application (Applications folder > Utilities folder >
Disk Utility). The Disk Utility window will open with a small window at left
and a larger window with a series of tabs at the top.
3. You should see the mini Pal, listed in the left window as "External. " Click
on the mini Pal listing to highlight it. Information about the mini Pal will
appear in the Information window.
4. Click on the Erase tab. In the Erase window you will see a Volume Format
pop-up menu and a Name field.
5. From the Volume Format pop-up, select Mac OS Extended. (With Mac
OS 10.3 and later, you have the option of selecting Mac OS Extended
(Journaled). Journaling is a feature that helps protect the file system
against power outages or hardware failures, reducing the need for repairs.
We recommend using journaling, if available.)
6. In the Name field, type in a name for the mini Pal. You should give the mini
Pal a unique name that will allow you to easily distinguish it from other
hard drives or storage devices connected to your computer.
7. Click Erase. You should see an alert pop up with the message: "Erasing a
disk will destroy all information..." Click Erase.
8. Once initializing is complete, you should see the mini Pal listed in the left
window of the Disk Utility screen with whatever name you assigned. Quit
Disk Utility. You should now see the mini Pal icon on the Desktop.
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