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Reformatting Your Hard Drive
Your Aegis Desktop’s hard drive is preformatted with the FAT32 Windows File
System. While the FAT32 le system is visible to the largest number of operating
systems, FAT32 does have limitations. You cannot save a le larger than 4GB. In
Windows 2000 and XP, the partition size is limited to 32GB. The Aegis Desktop
will be usable in your system, however we recommend that you reformat the hard
drive in the following ways for the following operating systems:
To Reformat in Windows 2000 or XP (NTFS File System):
Caution: Reformatting your hard drive will destroy any data on the hard
drive. Backup any data before you continue with this operation.
1. Make sure the Aegis Desktop is plugged into the USB port.
2. Open My Computer or Windows Explorer .
3. Right click on the Aegis Desktop drive and select Format .
4. This will open the format window:
a. In the File system drop down box, select NTFS.
b. Use Default allocation unit size.
c. Under Format options :
i. Select Quick Format (optional)
ii. Do not Enable Compression . (optional)
d. Click on the Start button.
5. The drive will now be reformatted.
6. To verify the reformatting of the drive:
a. Go to My Computer or Windows Explorer , right click on the Aegis
Desktop drive, and select Properties from the list.
b. This will open the Aegis Desktop hard drive properties. The File System
should now read NTFS.