Verbatim Portable Hard Drive User Guide

10
6
You now are
p
resented with same menu of fi ve items from ste
p
4
.
T
h
is
t
i
me, you must type 1 (Create DOS partition or Logica
l
DOS
d
rive) an
d
h
it
Enter.
7
At the next menu of three items, verif
y
that
y
ou are
p
artitionin
g
the correct
disk number be
f
ore proceeding. Type
1
t
o
selec
t
C
reate Primary DOS
P
art
i
t
i
o
n
and press Enter. The resulting process may take about a minute.
8
At t
h
e
p
rom
p
t Do
y
ou wish to use the maximum available size for the
P
rimary DOS partition
?
respond with yes (the default) or just hit the
?
Enter ke
y
. The resultin
g
p
rocess ma
y
take about a minute.
9 W
h
en t
h
e
p
artitionin
g
is com
pl
ete
h
it t
h
e E
sc
k
e
y
twice. You wi
ll
see a
m
essage that you must restart your PC. You can ignore this message.
Hit the
E
sc ke
y
once more to exit the fdisk
p
ro
g
ram. T
yp
e ex
i
t and
p
ress
Enter to c
l
ose t
h
e MS DOS Prom
p
t win
d
ow
.
10
Double click the “My Computer” icon to open the window. Unplug the
Ver
b
atim
h
ar
d
d
rive an
d
t
h
en reconnect it to
y
our PC. An icon wit
h
a
d
rive
l
etter s
h
ou
ld
s
h
ow up in t
h
e “My Computer” win
d
ow. You wi
ll
a
l
so
get a dialog box stating that the drive is not accessible. Remember the
d
rive
l
etter as
y
ou wi
ll
nee
d
it in t
h
e next ste
p
. C
l
ic
k
on Cance
l
11
You now need to
f
ormat your Verbatim hard drive. In the “My Computer”
w
indow, point to the icon that represents the Verbatim hard drive and
c
l
ic
k
t
h
e ri
gh
t mouse
b
utton. From t
h
e menu se
l
ect
Fo
rmat. At the format
w
in
do
w
selec
t
F
u
ll
un
d
er Format Typ
e
an
d
type any
l
a
b
e
l
(10 c
h
aracters or
f
ewer) i
f
you choose. Click the
S
tart button. You will see a warning that all
fi les will be destro
y
ed. Clic
k
OK
to proceed. This process will take several
K
m
inutes. Once comp
l
ete, c
l
ic
k
t
h
e C
l
ose
b
uttons an
d
you are
d
one.
Y
ou ma
y
be
p
rom
p
ted to run Scandisk to check
y
our disk, but this is not
re
q
uired. If
y
ou choose to do this,
y
ou should select Thorou
g
h under T
yp
e
o
f
Test since there are no
fi
les or
f
olders on the disk yet. Be prepared to wait
a lon
g
time to com
p
lete this test.
T
he
ha
r
d
d
riv
e
i
s
n
o
w
a
v
a
i
lable
t
o
use
.
C
aution: Selecting the wrong drive at this point may cause you to lose
val
u
a
b
l
e
d
ata.

Verbatim Portable Hard Drive Specifications

General

Brand	Verbatim
Model	Portable Hard Drive
Category	Storage
Language	English