Vantec Nexstar 3 Super Speed, User Manual

NOTE : 

Creating a New Partition 

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Formatting for Mac Users

WARNING : 

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Connect the device to the computer. Once 

connected please turn on the device.

Select Utilities from the Go menu in the 

Finder menu bar.

Select Disk Utility which is in the Utilities 

Folder.

When the Disk Utility window is open, select 

the volume labeled Vantec Desktop Hard 

Disk from the list of available hard drives on 

the left side of the window.

Select the Partition tab.

From the Volume Scheme menu, choose the 

desired number of partitions (Mac OS 10.x 

gives you the option of dividing the drive 

into at most 16 partitions). You may adjust 

the size of each partition using the slide bar 

between the partitions in the Volume 

Scheme area.

In the Volume Information section, enter the 

desired name for each volume (partition). 

You may choose one of the following 

volume format (Mac OS Extended, Mac OS 

Standard, UNIX File System, or MS-DOS).

Once you have finalized the volume options, 

click Partition. An alert message should 

appear, click Partition again.

Mac Disk Utility will format and partition the 

disk according to your settings. When 

partitioning is complete, your drive will be 

ready for use.

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If  the  hard  drive  will  not  mount  on  your  system, 
format  the  drive  into  FAT32  or  NTFS  partition 
through a PC system first. Once formatted, connect 
the NexStar Enclosure to your Mac and run the Disk 
Utility  Tool  again.  The  Disk  Utility  Tool  should  be 
able  detect  the  hard  drive  and  allowing  you  to 
format or mount the hard drive.

Following these steps will erase the Hard Disk. If 

you  have  data  that  you  want  to  protect  or 

continue to use, please backup your data before 

performing these steps.