Rocstor Rocpro 850 - PARTITIONING & FORMATTING the ROCPRO Drive on WINDOWS 2000, XP and VISTA; Warning; Important Notes

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PARTITIONINGANDFORMATTINGTHEROCPRODRIVEONWINDOWS2000,XPANDVISTA
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AllRocstordrivesarefactoryformattedwithFAT32.
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WARNING:FormattingandPartitioningtheRocproDrivewilldestroyallofitsdata.Toprotect
yourdata,backitupbeforeformattingorpartitioningthisdevice.
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IMPORTANTNOTES:
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1. Allprogramsshouldbe closedbeforebeginning.
2. ConnecttheRocstorharddiskdrivetoyourcomputerusingtheappropriatecables.
3. TurnONtheRocstorharddiskdrive.
4. TheinitialgoalistoreachtheControlPanel.Ifyouknowhowtogetthere,skipthissection
andgodirectlytoInstruction1(InstructionsforPartitioningandFormattingfromFAT32to
NTFS.)Afastwayofreaching“DiskManagement”istorightclick“MyComputer”iconand
clickon“Manage”inthedropdownmenu.Thenextwindowis“ComputerManagement.”
Intheleftmenu,click“DiskManagement.”
5. TheultimategoalistoreachDiskManagement.Ifyouknowhowtogetthere,skipthis
sectionandgodirectlytoInstruction4(InstructionsforPartitioningandFormattingfrom
FAT32toNTFS).
6. DuetodifferentviewsthatarepossibleonWindowsoperatingsystems(2000,XP,Vista),
wewillprovidevariouswaysofreachingtheControlPanel.
7. “Click”meansleftclick.“RightClick”willbesolabeled.
8. Somecomputersaresetsoasingle“click”willperformthetask,suchasopeningawindow.
Dependingonyourmousesetting,youmayhavetodoubleclicktogettothenextwindow.
Ifasingleclickdoesnotopenthenextwindow,pleasedoubleclick.
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