Apricorn Aegis Portable A25-USB 160GB User Manual page 11

Reformatting with Mac OS X
Reformatting your hard drive will destroy any data on the
hard drive. Backup any data before you continue with this
operation.
Plug the cable from your Aegis Portable into your computer. The drive will
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appear as a drive on your desktop.
2. Open the "Applications" folder on your hard drive, go to the "Utilities" folder
and select Disk Utilities.
3. Select the drive from the list: Note that a description of the drive appears in
the window.
4. Select the Erase tab on the top of the window.
5. From the volume format drop down list, select the Mac OS Extended.
6. Enter Aegis Portable into the Name box.
7. Select the check box next to Install Mac OS 9 Drivers. This will allow you to
see your Aegis Portable hard drive if you boot to Mac OS 9.x
8. Click the Erase button: An alert will appear to confirm the erase process.
9. Click Erase: to start the formatting process.
10. To confirm that the Aegis Portable hard drive is properly formatted, Select
the Aegis Portable , then Select: File, Get Info. The format should read Mac
OS Extended.
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