Verbatim Portable Hard Drive User Guide

11
F
ormattin
g
for Windows Under Mac OS X
It is possible to
f
ormat your Verbatim hard drive in FAT32
f
ormat while
connected to an Apple Macintosh computer running Mac OS X. This may
be a convenient method if
y
ou
p
rimaril
y
use
y
our Verbatim hard drive on a
Mac OS X computer,
b
ut want to
l
ater connect it to a Win
d
ows computer as
w
ell.
Y
our Verbatim hard drive can be formatted and
p
artitioned usin
g
A
pp
le’s
Disk Utility, located in your Utilities
f
older. Under Di
sk
an
d
V
olu
m
es
S
electe
d
, select the appropriate drive, and click on the Part
i
t
i
o
n
tab.
U
nder
Vo
l
u
m
e
Inf
o
rmati
on
,
ex
p
an
d
t
h
e
Fo
rmat fi eld and choose
F
ree
Sp
ac
e
. C
l
ic
k
o
n t
he
Era
se
ta
b
, expan
d
t
h
e
Volu
m
e
F
o
rmat
fi
eld
,
and click
M
S-DOS Fi
l
e
S
ystem
.
C
lick
E
rase and wait
f
or the Erase to complete. Your drive is now
rea
dy
to
b
e connecte
d
to a Win
d
ows o
p
eratin
g
s
y
stem.
F
AT
32
or NTF
S?
When
f
ormatting your Verbatim hard drive while running Windows XP or
Windows 2000, you will have the choice between FAT32 and NTFS
f
ormats.
Followin
g
are some considerations for makin
g
y
our choice
.
F
AT
3
2
FAT32 is com
p
atible with the followin
g
Windows o
p
eratin
g
s
y
stems:
Win
d
ows 98
,
Win
d
ows 98 SE
,
Win
d
ows Me
,
Win
d
ows 2000
,
Win
d
ows XP.
FAT32 can also be read by Apple Macintosh computers running Mac OS
.
Limitations:
U
nder Windows 2
000
and Windows XP users will not be able
to create
p
artition sizes
l
ar
g
er t
h
an 32GB (t
h
ou
gh
t
h
e
y
can access t
h
ese
larger partitions). (This limitation does not apply to other supported
o
p
eratin
g
s
y
stems.
)
In general, FAT32 is a good choice i
f
you’ll be using your Verbatim hard
drive with computers running Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, or Windows
Me, or if
y
ou’ll be usin
g
it with both Windows and
Mac OS computers
.

Verbatim Portable Hard Drive Specifications

General

Brand	Verbatim
Model	Portable Hard Drive
Category	Storage
Language	English