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8. Right click the new hard disk.
9. Click ‘New Partition’.
10. Click ‘Next’.
11. Click ‘Next’.
12. Click ‘Next’.
13. Choose the desired partition format (Note: when using FAT32 the partition size is
limited to 32GB).
14. Click ‘Next’.
15. Select the drive letter you wish to assign to this partition (this is not required).
16. Click ‘Next’.
17. 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.
18. Enter a name for the new partition at the 'Volume label' field.
19. Check the checkbox near ‘Quick format’.
20. Click ‘Next’.
21. Click ‘Finish’.
5.3 Mac OS X
1. Open ‘Finder’ in your Dock by clicking on it.
2. Click ‘Applications’ at the left menu of the Finder.
3. Click the ‘Utilities’ folder at the right part of the Finder.
4. Click the ‘Disk Utility’ icon at the right part of the Finder.
5. Select the new USB disk at the left list of the Disk Utility.
6. Click the ‘Partition’ tab at the right part of the Disk Utility.
7. Select ‘1 partition’ as partitioning scheme.
Attention! If you only use the hard disk on Mac OSX systems, we recommend you to
use ‘Mac OS X Extended’ as desired file system. If you use the disk on both Mac and
Windows systems, you can choose ‘FAT32’ as file system.
8. Click the ‘Partition’ button to partition the disk.
9. After a few minutes, the partitioning should be completed.
6.0 Frequently asked questions
Q: I have formatted the hard disk using the ‘FAT32’ file system, but cannot copy or
save large files (more than 4 GB).
A: The maximum file size of the ‘FAT32’ file system is 4 GB. You can split the file
into different files with a ZIP utility (available on the internet) or format the hard
disk using the ‘NTFS’ file system.