SmartDisk FireLite FireWire 800 - Manual (Page 16)

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Test since there are no files or folders on the disk yet. Be prepared to wait a
long time to complete this test.
The hard drive is now available to use.
Formatting for Windows Under Mac OS X
It is possible to format your SmartDisk hard drive in FAT32 format while
connected to an Apple Macintosh computer running Mac OS X. This may be
a convenient method if you primarily use your SmartDisk hard drive on a
Mac OS computer, but want to later connect it to a Windows computer as
well.
Your SmartDisk hard drive can be formatted and partitioned using Apple’s
Disk Utility, located in your Utilities folder. Under Disk and Volumes
Selected, select the appropriate drive, and click on the Partition tab. Under
Volume Information, expand the Format field and choose Free Space. Click
on the Erase tab, expand the Volume Format field, and click MS-DOS File
System. Click Erase and wait for the Erase to complete. Your drive is now
ready to be connected to a Windows operating system.
FAT32 or NTFS?
When formatting your SmartDisk hard drive while running Windows XP or
Windows 2000, you will have the choice between FAT32 and NTFS formats.
Following are some considerations for making your choice.
FAT32
FAT32 is compatible with the following Windows operating systems:
Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP.
FAT32 can also be read by Apple Macintosh computers running Mac OS.
Limitations: Under Windows 2000 and Windows XP users will not be able to
create partition sizes larger than 32GB (though they can access these larger
partitions). (This limitation does not apply to other supported operating
systems.)