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Reformatting Your Hard Drive

The 2.5" External Hard Drive's hard drive is preformatted with the FAT32

Windows File System. While the FAT32 file system is visible to the largest

number of operating systems, FAT32 does have limitations. You cannot

save a file larger than 4GB. In Windows 2000, XP and Vista you can not

create a partition larger than 32GB. The 2.5" External Hard Drive will be

usable in your system, however we recommend that you reformat the hard

drive using the following method for Windows 2000, XP and Vista:

Reformatting Windows

System):

Reformatting your hard drive will destroy any data on the

hard drive. Backup any data before you continue with this

operation.

1. Open "My Computer" or "Windows Explorer".

2. Right click on the Fujitsu HDD drive and select Format.

3. This will open the format window:

a. In the File system drop down box, select NTFS.

b. Use "Default allocation unit" size.

c. Under Format options:

Select Quick Format. (Optional)

ii.

Do not Enable Compression.

d. Click on the Start button.

4. The drive will now be reformatted.

5. Verify the reformatting of the drive:

a. Go to My Computer or Windows Explorer, right click on the Fujitsu

HDD drive, and select Properties from the list.

b. This will open the Fujitsu HDD hard drive properties. The File

System should now read NTFS.

2000, XP and Vista (NTFS File