Verbatim Portable Hard Drive User Manual page 10

Caution: Selecting the wrong drive at this point may cause you to lose
valuable data.
6 You now are presented with same menu of fi ve items from step 4. This
time, you must type 1 (Create DOS partition or Logical DOS drive) and hit
Enter.
7 At the next menu of three items, verify that you are partitioning the correct
disk number before proceeding. Type 1 to select Create Primary DOS
Partition and press Enter. The resulting process may take about a minute.
8 At the prompt Do you wish to use the maximum available size for the
Primary DOS partition? respond with yes (the default) or just hit the
Enter key. The resulting process may take about a minute.
9 When the partitioning is complete hit the Esc key twice. You will see a
message that you must restart your PC. You can ignore this message.
Hit the Esc key once more to exit the fdisk program. Type exit and press
Enter to close the MS DOS Prompt window.
10 Double click the "My Computer" icon to open the window. Unplug the
Verbatim hard drive and then reconnect it to your PC. An icon with a
drive letter should show up in the "My Computer" window. You will also
get a dialog box stating that the drive is not accessible. Remember the
drive letter as you will need it in the next step. Click on Cancel
11 You now need to format your Verbatim hard drive. In the "My Computer"
window, point to the icon that represents the Verbatim hard drive and
click the right mouse button. From the menu select Format. At the format
window select Full under Format Type and type any label (10 characters or
fewer) if you choose. Click the Start button. You will see a warning that all
fi les will be destroyed. Click OK to proceed. This process will take several
minutes. Once complete, click the Close buttons and you are done.
You may be prompted to run Scandisk to check your disk, but this is not
required. If you choose to do this, you should select Thorough under Type
of Test since there are no fi les or folders on the disk yet. Be prepared to wait
a long time to complete this test.
The hard drive is now available to use.
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