User`s manual

10
Quick Start Guide
How to reformat and/or partition your drive
1. Open Disk Utility, which is located in
Applications/Utilities. In Mac OS 9, this utility
is named Drive Setup.
2. Select the disc that you want to reformat and/or
partition in the left column. Be sure to select
the new drive, and not an existing drive that
may contain data, because reformatting and/or
partitioning erases all data on the selected drive.
3. Click Partition if you want to partition your drive,
or click Erase to reformat the drive as one
volume. Partitioning is not required; if you select
Partition, continue to the next step. For Erase,
you’re done!
4. Choose the number of partitions from the Volume
Scheme pop-up menu. Click each partition and
enter a name, select a format, and enter a size
for each partition. (You can also drag the partitions
to change the size.) Select the Mac OS Extended
format for each partition unless you have a
specific need to select any other available
Volume Format option.
5. Click Partition, and then click Partition again.
Your drive appears on your desktop with the
volume label(s) you entered in the steps above.
If you elected to partition the drive to create two
or more volumes, each volume will have a drive
icon and label.
Data-sharing between Windows
and Macintosh systems
Seagate does not recommend that you use your
external hard drive to share data between Windows
and Macintosh operating systems. This is primarily
due to all of the variables in OS types and versions,
formats and partitions, interfaces, and third-party
connectivity software packages. If you absolutely
must use your external hard drive to share data
between Windows and Macintosh systems, initialize
your drive (before you use it!) for a Macintosh OS, as
described above, and then purchase and install—on
your Windows system—available third-party software
that allows your Windows system to read from and
write to a drive that is formatted for a Mac OS.
Also, for dual-interface kits, the two FireWire
(IEEE 1394a) ports are designed for daisy chaining
FireWire devices, not for connecting two computers
to the drive at the same time.
Caution. Do not leave your drive in its pre-formatted
FAT32, single-partition condition if you intend to
transfer data between Mac and Windows systems.
Doing so will result in data loss.
What is partitioning?
Partitioning divides
the disc into separate
volumes. It does not
increase the capacity
of the drive. Creating
more than one partition
can be helpful in
organizing your infor-
mation. For example,
you might want one
volume (partition) to
store your backups
and one volume for
applications or other
information. Each
volume receives its
own volume icon, so
each volume appears
to be a separate
disc drive on your
Macintosh desktop.
Partitioning is not
required if you use
the Apple-provided
Disk Utility to create
a Mac OS Extended
format volume.