If
ou have fi les located on
our Verbatim hard drive o
en in an
application, close them.
lick the
nplug or Eject Hardwar
button in the System Tray.
Select
our Verbatim hard drive from the menu that a
ears
After a moment, Windows will dis
la
a messa
e indicatin
that
our
hardware can be sa
ely removed.
ou ma
a
so sim
s
ut
own
our com
uter wit
Ver
atim
ar
rive
connected, and then disconnect it.
ormatting t
e Porta
e
ard Driv
r Wind
w
Follow the instructions below to
ormat your Verbatim hard drive
or use
it
Win
ows, or wit
ot
Win
ows an
Mac OS. You wi
on
ave to
er
orm this procedure once. The required steps di
er depending on
hich version o
Windows you are using while per
orming the
ormat.
Follow the instructions for
our version of Windows
ormatting the Portable Hard Drive Under Windows
XP or Win
ows 200
Follow these steps i
you are using Windows XP or Windows 2000 while
formattin
our Verbatim hard drive for Windows.
Formatting deletes all in
ormation on the drive. Double check each step
efore execution to ensure that
ou are formattin
the correct drive.
In
ormation that is lost may be irretrievable.