Instruction Manual

GT 103

Quick Guide #610014-1.03 Preparing Your Drive for Use: Mac OS X Users

4. In the Format drop-down menu, choose an Extended volume.

All GT Key drives in GT 103 units are formatted at the factory as

Extended volumes.

5. Click Erase.

The disk is now erased and should mount on your desktop with

the new volume information.

Preparing Your Drive for Use: Mac OS X Users

Since your Glyph hard disk drive comes pre-formatted for Macintosh

you don’t need to format it on installation. If your computer is

running Mac OS X and you decide to reformat or partition your drive,

use Disk Utility (supplied with the Mac OS X operating system).

Preparing Your Drive for Use: Windows Users

Because Glyph hard disk drives are formatted for Macintosh, Windows

users must reformat their drives in order to use them.

Windows 98 SE

1. From your computer’s task bar, go to Start > Programs > MS-DOS

Prompt

2. At the prompt, type

fdisk and press Enter.

You’ll see a long message about disk support.

3. Enter

Y (type Y and press Enter).

You are invited to make a choice.