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LaCie Rugged USB 3.0 • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual Optional Formatting and Partitioning page 20 3.2.3. Mac Users CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from the Rugged hard drive, including encrypted data. If you have information that you want to protect or continue to use, back up this information before performing these steps. 1. Connect the drive to the power source and to the computer via the interface port. 2. Select Utilities from the Go menu in the Finder menu bar. 3. In the Utilities folder, double-click Disk Utility. 4. The Disk Utility window will open (Fig. 25). Select the volume labeled LaCie Hard Disk from the list of available hard disks on the left side of the window. 5. Select the Partition tab. 6. From the Volume Scheme: menu, choose the number of partitions you want to divide the drive into (Mac OS X gives you the option of dividing the drive into at most 16 partitions). You can adjust the size of each partition using the slide bar between the partitions in the Volume Scheme: area. 7. In the Volume Information section, enter a name for each volume (partition), choose the volume file system format. IMPORTANT INFO: Please refer to section 3.1. About File System Formats, for a more detailed comparison of the various file system formats. 8. Once you have finalized the volume options, click Partition. Click Partition again when the alert message appears to continue. 9. Mac Disk Utility will format and partition the disk according to your settings, and your drive will be ready to use. Fig. 25

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LaCie Rugged USB 3.0
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Optional Formatting and Partitioning
User Manual
page 20
3.2.3.
Mac Users
CAUTION:
Following these steps will erase everything from the
Rugged hard drive, including encrypted data. If you have informa-
tion that you want to protect or continue to use, back up this infor-
mation before performing these steps.
1. Connect the drive to the power source and to the computer via
the interface port.
2. Select
Utilities
from the
Go
menu in the Finder menu bar.
3. In the Utilities folder, double-click
Disk Utility
.
4. The Disk Utility window will open (
Fig. 25
). Select the volume
labeled
LaCie Hard Disk
from the list of available hard disks on
the left side of the window.
5. Select the
Partition
tab.
6. From the
Volume Scheme:
menu, choose the number of parti-
tions you want to divide the drive into (Mac OS X gives you the
option of dividing the drive into at most 16 partitions). You can
adjust the size of each partition using the slide bar between the
partitions in the
Volume Scheme:
area.
7. In the
Volume Information
section, enter a name for each vol-
ume (partition), choose the volume file system format.
IMPORTANT INFO:
Please refer to section
3.1. About File System
Formats
, for a more detailed comparison of the various file system
formats.
8. Once you have finalized the volume options, click
Partition
.
Click
Partition
again when the alert message appears to con-
tinue.
9. Mac Disk Utility will format and partition the disk according to
your settings, and your drive will be ready to use.
Fig. 25