OWC Mercury Elite Pro Assembly Manual page 14

OWC Mercury Elite Pro
3.2 Removing the GUID Partition Scheme
Only for XP, 2000, ME and earlier. (XP 64-BIT, Vista & Windows 7 can continue to the next section)
If you are not installing a brand-new hard drive into your enclosure, it
may have a GUID drive partition already installed on it, especially if it
was originally used with a Macintosh. Unfortunately, this is not readable
by Windows without special software. If you wish to use your storage
solution on a computer running Windows, you will need to repartition
and reformat using the following instructions.
➀
Go to the DOS command prompt by
selecting "Run" from the Start Menu.
➁
cmd
Type into the text box, and click
the"OK" button.
➂
diskpart
Type
➃
list disk
Type
➄
select disk x
Type
to reformat. (Typically, you will see an asterisk (*) under "GPT" for the disk
requiring formatting.)
WARNING: The
there is nothing you need to keep on your drive before proceeding.
➅
clean
Type and hit enter.
➆
exit
Type and hit enter.
➇
Close the command prompt window.
You may now proceed with formatting the drive.
and hit enter.
and hit enter.
replacing x with the number of the disk you want
clean
command will destroy ALL data on the disk you run it on!!! Be sure
Chapter 3 - Formatting