Formatting The Drive In Windows Vista, Xp Or 2000 - Acomdata PDHD1000USE-72 User Manual

Formatting the Drive
in Windows Vista, XP or 2000
1. Disable any anti-virus software you may have running.
. Go to My Computer and right-click the Drive's icon.
. Select Format... in the pop-up menu. The Format dialog box will
appear.
. Under Capacity, verify the capacity. It should be close to the stated
capacity of your Drive in gigabytes.
5. In the File System pop-up menu, select the file system.
. In the Allocation unit size pop up, select "Default allocation size."
. In the Volume label field, type in a unique name for the Drive that
will distinguish it from other volumes.
. Under Format options you can check Quick Format. If you leave it
unchecked Windows will run a Full format. A Full format will take
about 0-0 minutes. A Quick format will take just a few minutes,
but will do less verifying of the Drive.
. Click Start. Once the format process is complete, the Drive will be
ready to use.
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