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ORMATTING YOUR

XTERNAL

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It is not necessary to format your AcomData External Hard

Drive. It was formatted at the factory with the FAT 32 file

system, which makes the Drive both PC and Mac compat-

ible. We provide formatting instructions in the event that

you need to reformat your Drive, or if you want to format

your Drive with a file system other than FAT 32.

Reformatting Options for PC Users

If you are running Windows 2000 or XP and do not plan to

use the Drive on a Mac or on Windows 95 or ME, consid-

er reformatting your Drive with the NTFS file system. NTFS

provides several advantages over FAT 32, including support

for files larger than 4 GB.

Reformatting Options for Mac Users

If you plan to use the Drive only on a Mac, consider refor-

matting your Drive with the Mac OS Extended file system.

Reformatting the Drive for Cross-Platform Compatibility

If you ever need to reformat your Drive and you need PC

and Mac compatibility, you have two recommended options:

1. Format the Drive on a PC with the FAT 32 file system (if

this option is available with your operating system).

2. Format the Drive on Mac OS X v.10.3.x or later with the

DOS file system.

Although it is possible to format a hard drive on earlier

versions of Mac OS X and on Mac OS 9 using the DOS file

system, we do not recommend this, as an artificial capacity

limit may be imposed on the Drive and performance will be

unpredictable.

Formatting a hard drive erases all data contained on the

drive. If you wish to reformat your AcomData External

Hard Drive, be sure to save a copy of the files you wish

to keep to another storage device before reformatting.

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ATA

RIVE

Formatting the Drive in

Windows 98SE/ME

1. Double-click on the My Computer icon. In the My

Computer window you should see an icon and drive letter

for the External Hard Drive. (If you are not sure which icon

represents the External Hard Drive, turn off the Drive and

see which icon disappears. Then turn the Drive back on

and wait for the icon to reappear.)

2. Right-click on the drive letter and select Format. In the

Format window, verify the Drive's capacity; it should be

close to the stated capacity of your Drive in megabytes.

3. Under Format type, Select Full; everything else should

be left at the default setting. In the Label field under Other

options you may assign a name to the External Hard Drive.

(The name you assign is limited to 8 characters and no

symbols are allowed.)

4. Click Start. The following warning message will appear:

"This device is either a hard disk or a large removable disk.

Formatting it will destroy all files currently on the drive. Are

you sure you want to format this drive?" If no data was

previously written to the Drive or you already backed up the

data you wish to keep, click OK.

5. If you see a warning message from an antivirus pro-

gram, click Exclude.

6. When formatting is complete, you will be asked to run a

thorough Scandisk. Periodically running Scandisk is a part

of regular hard drive maintenance. If you do not wish to run

Scandisk at this time, close the format window.