User Guide

On Windows
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Select a format. Click the format you want to
use to select it.
If you've formatted your drive before, check
the Quick Format box as well.
Click Start, then click OK. Doing so prompts
Windows to begin formatting your drive.
YYour external hard drive's files will be erased
during this process.
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Open Start . Click the Windows logo in
the bottom-left corner of the screen, or press
on your keyboard.
Open File Explorer . Click the file-shaped
icon in the lower-left side of the Start window.
Click . It's on the left side of the
File Explorer window.
Click external hard drive's name. It's under the
"Devices and drives" heading in the middle of
the This PC window. Clicking the drive will
select it.
Click the tab. It's a menu item in
the top-left side of the This PC window.
Click Format . This flash drive-shaped icon
is in the Manage toolbar near the top of the
window. Clicking it opens the Format window
for your external drive.
Plug your hard drive into your computer. Insert the
drive's USB cable into one of the thin, rectangular
slots in your computer's casing.
If you're using a desktop computer, USB ports are
typically in either the front or the back of the com-
puter's CPU box.