User Guide

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Reformatting with Mac OS X
1 Plug the cable from your Aegis Portable into your computer. The drive will
appear as a drive on your desktop.
2. Open the “Applications” folder on your hard drive, go to the “Utilities” folder
and select Disk Utilities.
3. Select the drive from the list: Note that a description of the drive appears in
the window.
4. Select the Erase tab on the top of the window.
5. From the volume format drop down list, select the Mac OS Extended.
  Aegis Portable into the Name box.
7. Select the check box next to Install Mac OS 9 Drivers. This will allow you to
see your Aegis Portable hard drive if you boot to Mac OS 9.x
8. Click the Erase
9. Click Erase: to start the formatting process.
 Aegis Portable hard drive is properly formatted, Select
the Aegis Portable , then Select: File, Get Info. The format should read Mac
OS Extended.
Reformatting your hard drive will destroy any data on the
hard drive. Backup any data before you continue with this
operation.