Sonnet TEMPO HD, Quick Start Manual

Quick Start Guide for Tempo HD (Windows Version)

7

Drive Formatting—Windows 2000 and Windows XP

Formatting prepares a hard drive for use by dividing the data area into tracks and
sectors, enabling your computer to store and retrieve data from the drive. This
section describes the process of formatting hard drives connected to the Tempo
HD, using the Disk Management Administrative Tool on systems running
Windows 2000 or Windows XP. The following instructions detail the procedure
to create a simple volume (single partition); if you need to format a drive with
multiple partitions, refer to Windows Help for details. As an alternative, you may
choose to format and partition your hard drive(s) with any software that was
included with the drive, following the included instructions. 

1.

Turn on your computer and start Windows.

2.

From the taskbar, click on Start > Settings > Control Panel. 

3.

In the 

Control Panel

window, double-click Administrative Tools. 

4.

In the 

Administrative Tools

window, double-click Computer Management. 

5.

In the 

Computer Management

window, double-click Storage in the right win-

dow pane 

(Figure 9)

. 

6.

In the right pane of the 

Computer Management

window, double-click Disk

Management (Local); the 

Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard

will appear

(Figure 10)

. Click Next to continue.

7.

In the 

Select Disk to Write Signature

window, select the new disk (which

should be your only option), and then click Next to continue.

8.

In the 

Select Disk to Upgrade

window, select the new disk again (which should

be your only option), and then click Next to continue.

9.

When the next window appears (indicating the write signature was complet-
ed successfully), click Finish to close the window 

(Figure 11)

.

WARNING:

Hard drives attached to the Tempo HD will not appear under

My Computer, and can’t be used until they have been formatted; this 

also applies to drives with data on them, previously used in other computers.
Please be aware that 

formatting a drive erases any data present

.

Figure 9

Figure 10

Figure 11