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Mac OS X Users, Mac OS Extended HFS, MS-DOS File System FAT 32

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LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual Windows XP and Windows Vista without resorting to help from third-party products. The LaCie 4big Quadra comes preformatted in HFS+ for optimum performance with Mac OS X. Mac OS X Users: You may customize the drive by reformatting and/or partitioning the drive with separate file system formats. For optimal performance in Mac OS environments, format and partition the drive as one large Mac OS Extended volume. Mac OS Extended (HFS+) Mac OS Extended refers to the file system used by Mac OS X. HFS+ represents an optimization of the older HFS file system by using hard disk space more efficiently. With HFS+, you are no longer limited by block size. MS-DOS File System (FAT 32) This is the Microsoft file system, more typically known as FAT 32. This is the file system to use if you are going to be using your LaCie Hard Drive between Macs and Windows operating systems. RAID page 22

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Windows XP and Windows Vista without resorting to help from
third-party products.
The
LaCie 4big Quadra
comes preformatted in HFS+ for op-
timum performance with Mac OS X.
Mac OS X Users:
You may customize the drive by reformatting and/or partitioning
the drive with separate file system formats. For optimal perfor-
mance in Mac OS environments, format and partition the drive
as one large Mac OS Extended volume.
Mac OS Extended (HFS+)
Mac OS Extended refers to the file system used by Mac OS X.
HFS+ represents an optimization of the older HFS file system by
using hard disk space more efficiently. With HFS+, you are no
longer limited by block size.
MS-DOS File System (FAT 32)
This is the Microsoft file system, more typically known as FAT
32. This is the file system to use if you are going to be using
your LaCie Hard Drive between Macs and Windows operating
systems.