Formatting The Drive In Windows 98/Me - Acomdata External Hard Drives Quick Start Installation Manual

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Formatting a hard drive erases all data contained on the
drive. If you wish to reformat your AcomData External
Hard Drive, be sure to create a copy of the files you
wish to keep before reformatting.
Formatting the Drive in
Windows 98SE/ME
1. Double-click on the My Computer icon. In the My
Computer window you should see an icon and drive letter
for the External Hard Drive. (If you are not sure which icon
represents the External Hard Drive, turn off the Drive and
see which icon disappears. Then turn the Drive back on
and wait for the icon to reappear.)
2. Right-click on the drive letter and select Format. In the
Format window, verify the Drive's capacity; it should be
close to the stated capacity of your Drive in megabytes.
3. Under Format type, Select Full; everything else should
be left at the default setting. In the Label field under Other
options you may assign a name to the External Hard Drive.
(The name you assign is limited to 8 characters and no
symbols are allowed.)
4. Click Start. The following warning message will appear:
"This device is either a hard disk or a large removable disk.
Formatting it will destroy all files currently on the drive. Are
you sure you want to format this drive?" If no data was
previously written to the Drive or you already backed up the
data you wish to keep, click OK.
5. If you see a warning message from an antivirus pro-
gram, click Exclude.
6. When formatting is complete, you will be asked to run a
thorough Scandisk. Periodically running Scandisk is a part
of regular hard drive maintenance. If you do not wish to run
Scandisk at this time, close the format window.