Formatting The Hd Partition In Mac Os - Acomdata EXTERNAL E5 HARD DRIVE USB 2.0 User Manual

Formatting the HD Partition
in Mac OS X
1. Launch Disk Utility in the Applications folder.
. The Disk Utility window will open. In the small window at the
left, click the HD PART icon.
. Click on the Erase tab. In the Erase window you will see a Volume
Format pop-up menu and a Name field.
. From the Volume Format pop-up, select a file system. If you plan
to use the Drive only on a Mac, we recommend selecting the
Mac OS Extended file system. (With some Mac OSs you have the
option of selecting journaled and/or case-sensitive file systems.
Go to http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107
and http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=1076 for
explanations of journaling and case-sensitive respectively.
. In the Name field, type in a unique name for the HD partition.
6. Click Erase. You should see an alert message: "Erasing a disk will
destroy all information..." Click Erase again. Once initializing is
complete, you should see the HD partition listed in the Disk
Utility window with whatever name you assigned.
7. Quit Disk Utility. You should now see the HD partition icon on the
Desktop and in the Finder.
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