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Formatting the Drive
in Mac OS 9
Before you can re-format the Drive you will need to restart
your computer from the Mac OS 9 System Software CD that
came with your computer or which you purchased as an
upgrade.
1. Disable any anti-virus software you may have running in
the background.
2. Insert the System Software CD into your CD drive.
3. With your AcomData Drive connected and powered on,
restart the computer and hold down the C key while the
computer is starting up.
4. You will see the alert message: “This disk is unreadable by
this computer. Do you want to initialize this disk?” Click
OK.
5. In the Name field, type in a name for your Drive. You
should give the drive a unique name that will allow you
to easily distinguish it from other hard drives or storage
devices.
6. From the Format menu, select Mac OS Extended.
7. Click Initialize. You should then get the alert message:
“Initializing will erase all information on this disk.” Click
Continue. Once initializing is complete, you should see
the Drive mounted on your Desktop with the name you
assigned.
8. Restart your computer and eject the Mac OS 9 CD, or go
to Control Panels--> Startup Disk and select the comput-
er’s startup disk. Restart the computer.
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