for Windows
HOW TO PARTITION THE EXTERNAL HARD DISK
WARNING!!
Before you partition your hard disk, please be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the drive, so make
sure you have a backup! This step is usually only required the first time you install a factory new hard drive or if you
want to change the existing format.
Windows 2000/XP
Step1
To partition the USB2.0 Hard Disk Drive under
Windows 2000, XP please plug The USB2.0 Hard
Disk , then click on [Start],choose the
Panel]
in [Settings],open
[Administrative
double click
[Computer Management].
appears as on the right.
Step2
Click on
[Disk Management]
on the left part of
this window, all connected disk drives will be listed
in the right part. Find the USB2.0 Hard Disk that you
added. On the right of disk # is the status of the
partitions of this disk drive, you can create a new or
delete an existing partition by right clicking on this
area.
Step3
Right-click on the right area of USB2.0 Hard Disk Drive, click on
partition wizard"
will appear.
Step4
Following the wizard instructions to partition and format your USB2.0 HDD.
Step5
Now, you have built a partition in the INTEGRAL LAN drive.
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[Control
Tools],
A window
[Create Partition....]
Partition under Windows 98/Me
NOTE:
Win98/SE and WinME do not recognize NTFS formatted drives, so if you want to use your
drive on those platforms, we recommend you to use FAT2 instead. If you use this device
to backup your data using a rd party software running MS-DOS, we recommend you to
format the drive using FAT2.
Boot-up the computer into Windows 98/ME system. Connect your external hard disk
drive. There are two methods to partition and format your external hard disk drive.
(Here we are using the USB2.0 external hard disk setting as the example)
Method 1
Step1.
Click on [start], choose the
[setting], double click
disk]. A screen appears as right.
Step2.
You can see the USB2.0 hard Disk you just add. High
light the USB Hard Disk and choose the [property],
select [setting], setting the USB2.0 Hard Disk to
[removable]. A screen show as right.
Step3.
The
"Create
After restart the system, a removable HDD is added
[My
Computer]. Choose the removable HDD
to
and right click with the mouse. Select the [format] to
format your USB2.0 Hard Disk Drive.
You can only format the Hard Disk Drive
with a single partition using thie method.
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[control panel]
in
[system]
and open
[hard
Disk Partition/Formatting