Vantec NST-360FBSU-BK Personal Computer User Manual


 
Creating a New Partition
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7. Creating A New Partition:
FOR Windows 2000/XP/ Vista : users
(1) Right click on "My Computer"
and choose "Manage". ( pic 7-A )
(2) Under "Storage" on the LEFT pane,
select "Disk Management" ( pic 7-B )
(3) Windows should now give you the option to
initialize the disk. lf 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.) ( pic 7-B )
(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.
WARNING :
Doing the following setup will erase any existing
data on the drive.
NOTE :
Most hard drives should come with a CD that
includes on installation program. If not, a download
should be available on the manufcturers website.
The best way to partition a new hard drive is by using
the manufacturers program. However, if that is not
possible,please try the following instead
(if using Mac as 9 or below, please refer to your
hard drive documentation for information on
formatting / partitioning the hard drive):
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( pic 7-A )
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( pic 7-B )
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