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3. Wait for few seconds for the system to mount the
Hard Drive.
4. Right click on my computer, choose and click on
"manage".
5. Choose and double click on "storage".
6. Choose and double click on "disk management". You
will notice that the disk will have an "unknown drive"
words on the drives menu that shows "Not
Initialized".
7. (If the initialize Wizard comes on follow the menus
and finish initializing and skip to step 11)
8. Right click on the "unknown drive" icon and choose
and click the "Initialize Disk" option.
9. Click o.k. on next menu.
10. The disk status will change to "On Line".
11. Under the capacity gage of the hard drive you will
have the "Unallocated" word.
12. Right click on the "Unallocated" word on the new
disk and choose new partition. By clicking on new
partition you will get the "new partition wizard".
13. Click on next and choose "Extended" and choose
next.
14. Click finish.
15. You will get a "Free Space" message instead of
"Unallocated" on the drive status.
16. Right click on the "Free Space" words and choose
and click "New Logical drive".
17. You will get the "New Partition Wizard"
18. Click next.
19. Click next again to choose the maximum capacity for
the hard drive.
20. Click next again.
21. Click on "Perform a Quick Format" and click next.
(Make sure that the Quick Format is check marked.)
22. Click finish and wait for the system to show
"Healthy" on the hard drive status bar.
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23. Exit from the hard drive management by clicking the
"X" on the right upper side of the window.
24. Your hard drive is ready to be used.
CAUTION: Do not unplug your FireWire external hard drive
while Active or in a process of Transferring, Storing, files as
this could result in data loss and disk damage.
CAUTION: Do not DROP or JOLT your FireWire External
Hard Drive or attempt to open the drive and service it
yourself. These actions will void the warranty. The Rocstor
FireWire external hard drive is not intended as a portable
device.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES
For Technical Support on your new Rocstor FireWire
external hard drive of free technical support, please register
your product with Rocstorage, Inc. To register please, visit
www.rocstor.com and click on the Registration link. When
calling for support, please have the serial number and
system hardware information available.
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