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Setting up on a PC

When your new hard drive is connected to your 

Windows Vista computer and turned on, you may notice 

nothing at all, or a small message may appear saying that 

Windows Vista is installing device driver software. Either 

may be the case, since Windows handles new, unformat

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ted drives in several different ways.

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When the enclosure is connected to your computer, you 

should run the computer management software built 

into Windows. Click 

Start

, right-click 

Computer

, then 

click 

Manage

.

Click in the 

Disk Management

 section. After a few 

moments, all disks connected to the system appear in 

the list.

Right-click on the disk named “Unknown” that matches 

the capacity of the hard drive you installed into the 

enclosure, then click 

Initialize

. Accept the defaults, then 

click 

OK

.

Type the name you want to give this new storage volume 

(if any), then select the type of format you want to give 

the disk. Most Mac users will select the native Mac file 

system. 

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Make sure that the size matches the hard drive you 

installed, click 

Partition

, then click 

Partition 

again to 

confirm. You are now ready to store files on your new 

hard drive.

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Identify the new hard drive.   

Click 

Partition 

and select a volume scheme that matches 

how you want to use your hard drive. Most users choose 

a single partition (1 partition).

Setting up on a Mac

Multiple operating systems

When your new hard drive is connected to your Mac and 

powered on, a “Disk Insertion” notice opens. Click 

Initialize, 

and the Disk Utility opens.  

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Note

: If you want to use this storage device on multiple 

operating systems (such as Mac OS X, Windows, or Linux), 

then you may want to format it with a cross-platform file 

system, such as FAT32. Windows cannot format large 

volumes using FAT32, but you can format it using 

third-party disk utilities or the built-in tools on Mac OS X 

or Linux systems. For more information, visit our Web site.

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