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Creating a new partition in Windows XP/2000/Vista/7

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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. 26

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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.