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LaCie 2big USB 3.0 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON Formatting

User Manual page 23

3.4.2. Formatting for Window XP Users

The steps listed below will help you format and partition your disk

drive using Windows XP. Please see 3.4.3. Formatting for Win-

dows Vista and Windows 7 Users or 3.4.4. Formatting for Mac

Users for instructions on formatting using alternative operating

systems. For more information on the optimal ﬁle format, go to

3.4.1. File System Formats.

CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from the 2big

USB 3.0. Please back up all data that you want to preserve before per-

forming these steps.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Windows XP 32-bit does not recognize

volumes greater than 2TB. Windows XP x64, Windows Vista (32-

and 64-bit versions), and Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit versions)

recognize volumes greater than 2TB but the disks must be con-

verted to the GPT ﬁle system.

1. Connect the drive to the power source and to the computer

via the interface port.

2. Right-click My Computer and select Manage.

3. From the “Computer Management” window, select Disk

Management (located below the Storage group).

4. If the “Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard” window appears,

click Cancel.

5. Windows will list the hard disks that are installed on the

system (Fig. 16). If there is a red circle with a white line,

you must initialize the disk. Right-click the icon to select

Initialize.

6. In the rectangular box to the right that says “Unallocated”

or lists partitions from a previous format, right-click and se-

lect New Partition…

7. On the ﬁrst page of the “New Partition Wizard” (Fig. 17).

Click Next.

8. Select the Primary or Extended option (Fig. 18). Click

Next.

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