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Remove a Hard Disk, Using the upgraded hard disk, Select Partition Type

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Remove a Hard Disk Remove a hard disk by doing the reverse of the installation procedures. Turn off the power to this device and any peripheral devices and remove the power cord and all cables connecting to peripheral devices before removing the hard disk. Using the upgraded hard disk Login with administrator privileges and follow the procedures below for "Creating the partition", "Setting the partition type", and "Formatting the partition". The upgraded hard disk is created as an extended partition and this device may not operate properly without NTFS formatting. 1 Turn the power on and log in with Administrator privileges. 2 Click Windows Start, then Control Panel. 3 From the Category View, click Performance and Maintenance and then click the Control Panel icon Administrative Tools. 4 Double-click the Computer Management shortcut icon to display the Computer Management properties box. 5 Click Disk Management located in the Computer Management directory tree. The status of partitions displays in the right side of the window. A new hard disk or a hard disk that has not been used will display a Status of Not Assigned. 6 Right click on the upgraded hard disk, Disk "x" (where x equals 1 or 2) and select Initialize Disk. 7 Make sure the disk selected in Step 6 is checked and click OK. Note: The above procedure may not be necessary depending on the hard disk to be upgraded. 8 Right click on the Not Assigned area and click New Partition. The New Partition Wizard screen displays. 9 Click Next. The Select Partition Type screen displays. 10 Select Extended Partition and click Next. The Specify Partition Size screen is displays. Note: Always select Extended Partition when creating a partition. Failure in the software operation happens if the Primary Partition is selected. 70 VGX-XL1 Digital Living System

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VGX-XL1 Digital Living System
Remove a Hard Disk
Remove a hard disk by doing the reverse of the installation procedures. Turn
off the power to this device and any peripheral devices and remove the power
cord and all cables connecting to peripheral devices before removing the hard
disk.
Using the upgraded hard disk
Login with administrator privileges and follow the procedures below for
"Creating the partition", "Setting the partition type", and "Formatting the
partition". The upgraded hard disk is created as an extended partition and this
device may not operate properly without NTFS formatting.
1
Turn the power on and log in with Administrator privileges.
2
Click Windows
Start
, then
Control Panel
.
3
From the Category View, click
Performance and Maintenance
and then click
the Control Panel icon A
dministrative Tools
.
4
Double-click the
Computer Management
shortcut icon to display the
Computer Management properties box.
5
Click
Disk Management
located in the Computer Management directory tree.
The status of partitions displays in the right side of the window. A new hard
disk or a hard disk that has not been used will display a Status of
Not
Assigned
.
6
Right click on the upgraded hard disk,
Disk “x”
(where x equals 1 or 2) and
select
Initialize Disk
.
7
Make sure the disk selected in Step 6 is checked and click
OK
.
8
Right click on the
Not Assigned
area and click
New Partition
. The
New
Partition Wizard
screen displays.
9
Click
Next
. The
Select Partition Type
screen displays.
10
Select
Extended Partition
and click
Next
. The
Specify Partition Size
screen
is displays.
Note
: The above procedure may not be necessary depending on the hard
disk to be upgraded.
Note
: Always select
Extended Partition
when creating a partition. Failure in
the software operation happens if the
Primary Partition
is selected.