Verbatim Portable Hard Drive User Guide

9
f
Verify the settings, and then click
f
Fini
sh
k
to be
g
in formattin
g
the
hard drive.
7
When
f
ormatting has
fi
nished, the hard drive will display the volume name,
the drive letter, the size o
f
the partition (in GB), the
fi
le system used (FAT32
or NTFS), an
d
a
h
ea
l
t
hy
status.
T
h
e
h
ar
d
d
rive is now avai
l
a
bl
e to use.
F
ormattin
g
the Portable Hard Drive Under
W
in
d
ows Me or Win
d
ows 98 SE
Follow these ste
p
s if
y
ou are usin
g
Windows Me or Windows 98 SE while
formattin
g
y
our Verbatim hard drive for Windows.
1
F
ollo
w t
he
in
s
tr
uc
ti
o
n
s
in
C
onnecting t
h
e Porta
bl
e Har
d
Drive to a
W
indows Computer
l
ocated earlier in this document
.
2
From the Start menu, click on Run, t
yp
e
co
mman
d
and
p
ress Enter.
You s
h
ou
ld
see a sma
ll
bl
ac
k
MS DOS win
d
ow wit
h
a
p
rom
p
t suc
h
as
c:
\
Windows.
3
Typ
e
fdisk
and press Enter. Type
k
Y
(or just hit the Enter key) in the
Y
w
indow that asks i
f
you wish to enable large disk support.
4
You will be
p
resented with a menu of fi ve items. You should t
yp
e
5
t
o
select the “Chan
g
e current fi xed disk drive” o
p
tion then hit the Enter ke
y
.
5
Y
ou
will
see
a
li
s
t
of
h
a
r
d
d
riv
es
. Y
ou
r m
a
in int
e
rn
a
l h
a
r
d
d
riv
e
will
be
Disk 1. An
y
other hard drives will be listed as 2, 3, etc. If
y
ou have onl
y
one
h
ar
d
d
rive in
y
our com
p
uter,
d
rive 2 wi
ll
b
e t
h
e Ver
b
atim
h
ar
d
d
rive.
You can also veri
f
y which drive on the list is the Verbatim hard drive by
the size under Mb
y
tes. The number should be a little less than the size
m
arked on the
p
roduct label of
y
our hard drive. T
yp
e the number that
r
epresents the Verbatim hard drive and press Enter
.
Formatting deletes all in
f
ormation on the drive. Double check each step
b
efore execution to ensure that
y
ou are formattin
g
the correct drive.
In
f
ormation that is lost may be irretrievable.
It is recommended that you select the Per
f
orm Quick Format checkbox.
A
s
tan
d
ar
d
f
o
rmat
cou
l
d
tak
e
se
v
e
ral h
ou
r
s
.

Verbatim Portable Hard Drive Specifications

General

Brand	Verbatim
Model	Portable Hard Drive
Category	Storage
Language	English