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LaCinema Mini HD Bridge Reformatting the LaCinema Mini HD Bridge
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8.3. Mac OS X Users
CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from the
hard drive. If you have information that you want to protect or con-
tinue to use, back up this information before performing these steps.
1. Connect the drive to the power source and to the computer via
the interface port.
2. Select Utilities from the Go menu in the Finder menu bar.
3. In the Utilities folder, double-click Disk Utility.
4. The Disk Utility window will open (Fig. 110). Select the volume
labeled LaCie Hard Disk from the list of available hard disks on
the left side of the window.
5. Select the Partition tab.
6. From the Volume Scheme: menu, choose the number of parti-
tions you want to divide the drive into (Mac OS X gives you the
option of dividing the drive into at most 16 partitions). You can
adjust the size of each partition using the slide bar between the
partitions in the Volume Scheme: area.
7. In the Volume Information section, enter a name for each vol-
ume (partition), choose the volume file system format.
IMPORTANT INFO: Please refer to section Fig. 111, for a more
detailed comparison of the various file system formats.
8. Once you have finalized the volume options, click Partition.
Click Partition again when the alert message appears to con-
tinue.
9. Mac Disk Utility will format and partition the disk according to
your settings, and your drive will be ready to use.
Fig. 110
Fig. 111