Once the CMOS changes have been completed, save them and exit. After booting up you may need to
format the KanguruDisk to make it usable for file storage. Please see Section 2.3 for formatting
information.
If you have difficulty adjusting the CMOS or your CMOS does not recognize the KanguruDisk make
sure your hardware installation was successful. Refer to your system manual for more information
concerning your CMOS. (The KanguruDisk acts just like a standard internal IDE hard drive, so look for
any information in the manual(s) about IDE hard drives.
Note:
- DOS, WIN3X and WIN95A Users - If you have a KanguruDisk that is 2.5GB or larger, it will
appear to be two disk drives (depending on the exact capacity of your KanguruDisk) in your operating
system while acting as only one in CMOS. This is because it contains two or more partitions due to a limit
on the maximum size of a single partition.
If you have purchased a KanguruDisk of capacity 8.4GB or larger it will be partitioned as one entire
FAT32 partition. Windows 98 and newer versions of Windows 95 (OSR2) support FAT32. If you are
running Windows NT, MS-DOS, or Windows 3.x, your system will not be able to recognize the partition
and you must re-partition the drive using FDISK to a suitable file system (FAT16 for DOS or NT, or NTFS
for WinNT).
4. Formatting Your KanguruDisk
If your KanguruDisk is new you will need to format it before you can use it for storage. You must also
format any new partitions you have created.
If your KanguruDisk has data on it, DO NOT format it because formatting will erase all data on the
drive.
CAUTION: Formatting your drive erases all data. Make sure you are formatting the
correct drive and are certain it is necessary.
IMC assumes no responsibility for lost
or damaged data.
Note:
Each partition on your KanguruDisk will appear as a drive letter. Each partition (letter) must be
formatted separately.
To format a drive letter from Windows 95 / 98, right click on the drive in My Computer and choose
“Format”. Choose “Full” format and click “Start”. Once finished you may wish to run the Scandisk utility
on the drive to check for errors. Running thorough Scandisk is not recommended.
To format from MS-DOS, type “FORMAT X: <enter>” from the DOS prompt, where “X:” is the letter
of the drive you wish to format. Once the format is complete you have the option of entering a volume
label for the drive.
Once formatting is complete you can use your KanguruDisk for all your storage needs.
Enjoy!
5. PARTITIONING YOUR KANGURUDISK
General Information
It is sometimes necessary to re-partition your KanguruDisk. This may be the case if you would like to
combine a drive into one large partition, break it into smaller partitions, or change the file system (FAT32,
FAT16, NTFS) of the partition(s) in order to access it from your system. Here are some things to make
note of when partitioning a KanguruDisk:
A) Re-partitioning usually requires deleting all existing partitions from your KanguruDisk. As a
result deleting a partition destroys all data on the partition.
IMC assumes no responsibility for any
data lost or damaged while modifying the partitions on your system.
B) Different file systems support different capacity options and are supported by different operating
systems. FAT32 allows you to create large partitions over 2.1GB, whereas FAT16 has a maximum of
