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Note: There is no need to connect the USB cable when using the eSATA connection.
5.0 Preparing your hard disk for usage
The following steps are only needed when using a new hard disk!
5.1 Windows 2000/XP/Vista
1. Right click the ‘My Computer’ icon.
2. Click ‘Manage’.
3. Select the option ‘Disk Management’ from the left side of the screen.
4. Right click the new hard disk.
5. Click ‘Initialize’.
6. Click ‘Ok’.
7. Right click the new hard disk.
8. Click ‘New Partition’.
9. Click ‘Next’.
10. Click ‘Next’.
11. Click ‘Next’.
12. Choose the desired partition format (Note: when using FAT32 the partition size is
limited to 32GB).
13. Click ‘Next’.
14. Select the drive letter you wish to assign to this partition (this is not required).
15. Click ‘Next’.
16. Select the desired file system: ‘FAT32’ or ‘NTFS’.
Attention! If you only use the hard disk on a Windows 2000/XP/Vista or Windows 7
system, we recommend you to use the NTFS file system. If you use the disk on both
Windows and Mac systems, you can choose ‘FAT32’ as file system.
17. Enter a name for the new partition at the 'Volume label' field.
18. Check the checkbox near ‘Quick format’.
19. Click ‘Next’.
20. Click ‘Finish’.
5.2 Windows 7
1. Click ‘Start’.
2. Right-click the ‘Computer’ icon.
3. Choose ‘Manage’.
4. Select ‘Disk Management’ from the left of the screen.
5. Right click the new hard disk.
6. Click ‘Initialize’.
7. Click ‘Ok’.