User Guide

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F. Reformatting Your Hard Drive
Your EZ Bus’ hard drive is preformatted with the FAT32 Windows File System.
While the FAT32 fi le system is visible to the largest number of operating
systems, FAT32 does have limitations. You cannot save a fi le larger than
4GB. In Windows 2000 and XP, the partition size is limited to 32GB. The
EZ Bus will be usable in your system, however we recommend that you
reformat the hard drive in the following ways for the following operating
systems:
To Reformat in Windows 2000 or XP (NTFS File System):
Caution: Reformatting your hard drive will destroy any data on
the hard drive. Backup any data before you continue with this
operation.
1. Make sure the EZ Bus is plugged into the USB port.
2. Open
My Computer or Windows Explorer .
3. Right click on the EZ Bus drive and select Format .
4. 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 .
ii. Do not Enable Compression .
d. Click on the Start button.
5. The drive will now be reformatted.
6. To verify the reformatting of the drive:
a. Go to My Computer or Windows Explorer , right click on the EZ
Bus drive, and select Properties from the list.
b. This will open the EZ Bus hard drive properties. The File System
should now read NTFS.
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