Installation guide

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Formatting the Drive in
Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
1. Open the disk management console, located at \Windows\
System32\diskmgmt.msc on your system drive. A list of the
attached drives and their respective volumes will appear. Select the
Fantom Drives DataDock II Disk.
2. Right-click on a DataDock II volume. If it’s not initialized, a red “No
Entry” logo will cover the disk icon. Right click on the disk and select
“Initialize Disk.” Follow the on-screen instructions.
3. Right-click the initialized volume (The area right of the disk icon.)
In the context menu, select “New Partition.” Follow the on screen
instructions. In the File System pop-up menu, select NTFS. The
default formatting option is Full format. A Full format will take about
30-90 minutes. A Quick format will take just a few minutes, but will
do less verifying of the Drive than a Full format. Click Start. Once
the format process is complete, your DataDock II is ready to use.
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