Formatting For Mac Users - LaCie 4big Quadra User Manual

LaCie 4big Quadra
User Manual
3.4.3.

Formatting for Mac Users

1. Connect the drive to the computer and turn on the drive.
2. Select Utilities from the Go menu in the Finder menu bar.
3. In the Utilities folder, double-click
4. The Disk Utility window will open. Select the volume labeled
LaCie Hard Disk from the list of available hard disks on the
left side of the window.
5. Select the Partition tab.
6. From the Volume Scheme: menu, choose the number of
partitions you want to divide the drive into (Mac OS X gives
you the option of dividing the drive into at most 16 parti-
tions). You can adjust the size of each partition using the
slide bar between the partitions in the Volume Scheme:
area.
7. In the Volume Information section, enter a name for each
volume (partition), choose the volume format.
8. Once you have finalized the volume options, click
tion. Click Partition again when the alert message appears
to continue.
9. Mac Disk Utility will format and partition the disk according
to your settings, and your drive will be ready to use.
IMPORTANT INFO: Please refer to section
tem Formats, for a more detailed comparison of the various file
system formats.
IMPORTANT INFO: Apple recommends that unless you
have a specific reason to use the UNIX File System (UFS), you
should use the Mac OS Extended format because it provides a
more familiar experience to Macintosh users.
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Disk Utility.
Parti-
3.4.1. File Sys-
CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from
the 4big. If you have information that you want to protect or
continue to use, back up this information before performing
these steps.
Figure 3.4.3
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