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Caution: Doing the following will erase any existing data on
the drive. If the drive is damaged and you wish to recover
the data, continuing may overwrite the existing
information!
Creating a new partition in Windows
XP/2000/Vista/7
To create a new partition in Windows XP/2000/Vista/7:
1 Right click on "My Computer" and choose Manage.
2 Under “Storage” on the LEFT pane, select Disk Management.
3 Windows should now give you the option to initialize the
disk. If not, locate the new drive, right click on the new
disk (where it reads "Disk #") and choose Initialize. (This
step may not be required for some hard drives.)
4 Go through the wizard.
5 Once complete, locate your hard drive in the bottom
right pane. Right-click on the area with a status bar (to
the right of the “Disk #” area) and choose New Partition.
6 Follow the directions of the wizard. The recommended
partition type is “primary” and the recommended file
system is “NTFS.” Please note that Windows XP/2000
limits FAT32 partitions to only 32GB.
7 Once complete, you should now be able to see the drive
in Windows Explorer.
Creating a new partition in Mac OS X 10.3 or
higher:
To initialize a Hard Drive:
If you are using a new hard drive, you may need to initialize it
first. Initialize your internal hard drive using Drive Setup from
the Mac OS CD that came with your computer.
1 Start up your computer from the Mac OS CD.
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