Formatting The Drive In Windows Xp Or 2000 - Acomdata external E5 Serial ATA(SATA) User Manual

Formatting the Drive
in Windows XP or 2000
1. Disable any anti-virus software you may have running.
2. Double-click on My Computer. In the My Computer
window you should see the icon/letter for the Drive
(labeled "External').
3. Right-click on the Drive letter/icon and select
Format... in the pop-up menu. The Format dialog
box will appear.
4. Under Capacity, verify the capacity. It should be close
to the stated capacity of your the Drive in Gigabytes.
5. In the File System pop-up menu, select NTFS. Do not
select FAT32 as you cannot format the Drive using
FAT32 file on Windows 2000 or XP.
6. In the Allocation unit size pop up, select "Default allo-
cation size. "
6. In the Volume label field, type in a name for the Drive.
You should give the Drive a unique name so as to
easily distinguish it from other hard drives or storage
devices connected to your computer.
7. The default formatting option is Full format; you
can also select Quick Format. A Full format will take
about 30-90 minutes. A Quick format will take just a
few minutes, but will perform less verification. Do not
check Enable Compression.
8. Click Start. Once the format process is complete, the
Drive will be ready to use.
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