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Formatting Your Drive W Formatting Your Drive with NTFS Optional for Windows 98/2000/Me/XP This section describes how to format your drive with the Your Maxtor Personal Storage 5000 drive was formatted at the NTFS file system for Windows 2000 or XP. 2 factory with the Windows FAT32 file system.This file system is compatible with Mac OS 9 and recent versions of the Windows operating system. Formatting the drive destroys all data contained on that drive. Make a backup copy of all your data before formatting your drive. W The FAT32 file system limits any file to a maximum size of 4 GB. If you are running Windows 98 or Me, consider To format the drive for NTFS upgrading to Windows 2000 or XP to take advantage of the NTFS file system. If you are running either the Windows 2000 or XP operating system, consider reformatting your drive to the 1. Select Start ➔ Settings ➔ Control Panel. 2. Double-click Administrative Tools. 3. Double-click Computer Management. NTFS file system.The NTFS file system provides several advantages, including support for very large files. See "Formatting Your Drive with NTFS" on page 14. If you plan to share data between two Windows systems, review "Moving Data Between Two Systems" on page 22. 4. Double-click Disk Management (located under the Storage icon). " To format into two or more logical partitions, use the partitioning feature in the Disk Management utility. For more information, press F1 to access Help and M We require that you format your drive to the Mac OS Extended format (also called HFS Plus) once it is installed on your Macintosh computer. See "Formatting Your Drive for Mac OS" on page 15. enter partition in the keyword field. 5. Right-click on the icon for your new drive in the window that appears. " You new drive will display a drive capacity that is slightly less than the capacity stated on the box.This is normal. For a FAT32 should be listed in the column labeled File System. complete explanation, see page 29 of "Troubleshooting and FAQs." 6. Select Format from the menu. 7. Select NTFS in the File System field. 8. Click OK when you are ready to format your drive. Formatting time varies based on your system speed, the interface used, and the drive's capacity. 14 Installing the Drive

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Installing the Drive
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Formatting Your Drive
Optional for Windows 98/2000/Me/XP
Your Maxtor Personal Storage 5000 drive was formatted at the
factory with the Windows
FAT32
file system. This file system is
compatible with Mac OS 9 and recent versions of the Windows
operating system.
The FAT32 file system limits any file to a maximum size
of 4 GB. If you are running Windows 98 or Me, consider
upgrading to Windows 2000 or XP to take advantage of
the NTFS file system.
If you are running either the Windows 2000 or XP
operating system, consider reformatting your drive to the
NTFS
file system. The NTFS file system provides several
advantages, including support for very large files. See
“Formatting Your Drive with NTFS” on page 14.
If you plan to share data between two Windows systems,
review “Moving Data Between Two Systems” on page 22.
We require that you format your drive to the
Mac OS
Extended format
(also called
HFS Plus
) once it is installed on
your Macintosh computer. See “Formatting Your Drive for
Mac OS” on page 15.
You new drive will display a drive
capacity
that is slightly less
than the capacity stated on the box. This is normal. For a
complete explanation, see page 29 of “Troubleshooting and
FAQs.”
Formatting Your Drive with NTFS
This section describes how to format your drive with the
NTFS file system for Windows 2000 or XP.
Formatting the drive destroys all data contained on
that drive. Make a backup copy of all your data
before formatting your drive.
To format the drive for NTFS
1.
Select
Start
➔
Settings
➔
Control Panel
.
2.
Double-click
Administrative Tools
.
3.
Double-click
Computer Management
.
4.
Double-click
Disk Management
(located under the
Storage icon).
To format into two or more logical
partitions
, use the
partitioning feature in the Disk Management utility.
For more information, press
F1
to access Help and
enter
partition
in the keyword field.
5.
Right-click on the icon for your new drive in the
window that appears.
FAT32 should be listed in the column labeled
File System
.
6.
Select
Format
from the menu.
7.
Select
NTFS
in the
File System
field.
8.
Click
OK
when you are ready to format your drive.
Formatting time varies based on your system speed,
the interface used, and the drive’s capacity.
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