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Reformatting Your Hard Drive
Your Aegis Portable’s hard drive is preformatted with the FAT32 Windows File
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Windows 2000 and XP, and you can not create a partition larger than 32GB. The
Aegis Portable will be usable in your system, however we recommend that you
reformat the hard drive using the following method for Windows 2000 and XP:
Reformatting Windows 2000 or XP (NTFS File System):
1. Open “My Computer” or “Windows Explorer”.
2. Right click on the Aegis Portable drive and select Format.
3. This will open the format window:
a. In the File system drop down box, select NTFS.
b. Use “Default allocation unit” size.
c. Under Format options:
i. Select Quick Format. (Optional)
ii. Do not Enable Compression.
d. Click on the Start button.
4. The drive will now be reformatted.
5. Verify the reformatting of the drive:
a. Go to My Computer or Windows Explorer, right click on the Aegis
Portable drive, and select Properties from the list.
b. This will open the Aegis Portable hard drive properties. The File
System should now read NTFS.
Instructions for reformatting Windows Vista:
Cut & paste or type the URL below into your Internet browser or click the link
below: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/d9a4d35e-
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Reformatting your hard drive will destroy any data on the
hard drive. Backup any data before you continue with this
operation.