How do I format the external hard drive on a Windows computer?
To format the drive for Windows 98 SE 1. Download the Windows USB driver 2. After saving the file to your desktop, double click on the file. The USB mass storage driver will install. Restart your computer. 3. After the computer restarts, connect the drive to your computer as explained in the user guide. 4. Enter Control Panel>System>Device Manager>Disk Drives. The external drive should be present. Right click on the external drive and select ‘Properities.’ Click on the Settings tab. Under ‘Options’ select ‘Removable.’ Assign a start drive letter by selecting a drive letter from the drop down box. Click OK. 5. Restart your computer. After Windows restarts, open Windows Explorer. The newly created drive letter will be displayed. Double click on it and Windows will display a ‘Disk is not Formatted’ dialog. Click Yes to format the drive; enter a label (name), click Full (format type), and click Start. Click OK to format the disk. 6. Click Close after the format process is over.
To format the drive for Windows XP/2000/ME/2003 • Connect the drive to your computer as explained in the user guide. • Right-click on My Computer and select Manage. Click Disk Management in the left menu under Storage. The new drive will appear as Unallocated in the display window on the right. • Right-click the Unallocated drive and select ‘New Partition’ to start the New Partition Wizard. If the drive is already formatted, you will first need to click on ‘Delete Parition.’ If ‘New Partition’ or ‘Delete Partition’ is unavailable, you will first need to right-click on the disk name and select ‘Initialize Disk’ (XP) or ‘Write Signature’ (2000). • Click Next and select Primary partition and click Next. If you want to use the entire hard disk for one or more logical drives, click Next without specifying a size, and the entire free space will be converted into a single drive letter.
• Connect the drive to your computer as explained in the user guide. • Right-click on My Computer and select Manage. Click Disk Management in the left menu under Storage. The new drive will appear as Unallocated in the display window on the right. • Right-click the Unallocated drive and select ‘New Partition’ to start the New Partition Wizard. If the drive is already formatted, you will first need to click on ‘Delete Parition.’ If ‘New Partition’ or ‘Delete Partition’ is unavailable, you will first need to right-click on the disk name and select ‘Initialize Disk’ (XP) or ‘Write Signature’ (2000). • Click Next and select Primary partition and click Next. If you want to use the entire hard disk for one or more logical drives, click Next without specifying a size, and the entire free space will be converted into a single drive letter. • By default, Windows assigns the next available drive letter; click Next to accept it, or use the pull-down menu to choose a different drive letter and the
