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LaCie Box • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON Formatting
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3.1. Windows Users
The process of formatting a drive on a computer running Win-
dows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista consists of two steps:
(1) installing a signature on the drive, and (2) formatting the drive.
These steps will erase anything that is on the disk.
CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from the
LaCie Box. It is very important to back up all information that you
want to protect or continue to use before performing these steps.
1. Connect the drive to the computer via the interface port.
2. Right-click My Computer and select Manage.
3. From the “Computer Management” window, select Disk
Management (located below the Storage group). See Fig. 11.
4. If the “Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard” window appears,
click Cancel.
5. Windows will list the Hard Disks that are installed on the sys-
tem. Locate the SATA disk housed within the LaCie Box. Right-
click the icon and select Initialize.
6. In the box to the right that says Unallocated, right-click and
select New Partition…
7. On the first page of the “New Partition Wizard,” click Next.
See Fig. 12.
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Fig. 11
Fig. 12