Maxtor OneTouch II User Manual page 26

Make sure you select your new drive. This utility will erase all
data on your drive.
A description of the drive appears in the window.
Figure 8. OS X Disk Utility - Drive Description
The actual information in this window will vary depending on
the model and capacity of your drive. The information will
appear at the bottom of this window in OS X 10.3.
6. Select the Erase tab at the top of the window.
Figure 9. OS X Disk Utility - Erase Tab
7.
Select Mac OS Extended or Mac OS Extended (Journaled), if
available, from the Volume Format drop-down list.
8. Enter a name for your drive in the Name field.
9. Select the check box next to Install Mac OS 9 Drivers.
This will allow your disk to be recognized if you start your
system in Mac OS 9. (If you will never use this drive with OS 9,
you can leave this unchecked).
10. Click Erase to continue.
The Erase Disk window appears to confirm the Erase process.
11. Click Erase to start the formatting process.
After a few minutes, your drive will be formatted with the Mac
OS Extended format and you will be able to see it appear on
the desktop of your Macintosh.
12. In the Disk Utility program, go to the Disk Utility menu and
select Quit.
If you did the Full Installation, including Retrospect Express, we
encourage you to go to "Setting Up Bootable Backup with the
OneTouch Button" on page 27 for easy, automated backup of
your entire computer, anytime, with the touch of a button!
If you did not install Retrospect Express, the installation is
complete and your Maxtor OneTouch II Drive is ready to use.
See "Using Your Drive" on page 38 in chapter 3, for information
about using your drive for common applications.
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