HP HD1600s Personal Media Drive - Manual (Page 11)

Formatting the Drive
for Windows
CAUTION: Reformatting a hard disk drive
destroys all data on the drive. If you have
data that you want to keep, back up the
data before reformatting the drive.
Your HP Personal Media Drive was formatted at the
factory for an NTFS file system. This file system
supports large media files that are larger than 4 GB.
Some PCs use the FAT32 file system. FAT32 is a file
system that organizes files on the PC. This system is
standard for Windows ME and is supported under
Windows XP.
With FAT32, a single file is limited in size to 4 GB.
This may create a problem when you are creating
backup files. If you need to use this drive on a PC
that is formatted with FAT32, you will need to
reformat the drive.
If your PC has Windows ME and you upgrade to
Windows XP, your PC is automatically reformatted to
use an NTFS file system.
Reformatting the Drive
with a FAT32 File System
If you have an older operating system such as
Windows ME, you may need to reformat the
HP Personal Media Drive with a FAT32 file system.
If your BIOS is older, it only supports 4 to 16 gigabyte
partitions. If you do not want your drive partitioned,
go to the BIOS manufacturer’s Web site to download
a BIOS upgrade.
To reformat the drive with FAT32 on a Windows ME
system:
1 Make sure the HP Personal Media Drive is NOT
connected to the PC.
2 Click Start on the taskbar.
3 Choose Settings and click Control Panel.
4 Double-click System.
5 Click the Device Manager tab.
6 Double-click Disk drives to open the list of drives
connected to your system.
7 Write down the drive(s) listed so you’ll be able to
correctly identify the new drive when it appears.
8 Close the System Properties window and the
Control Panel window.
9 Connect the HP Personal Media Drive to the PC.
See “Connecting the Drive to a PC without a Drive
Bay” on page 5.
10 Click Start on the taskbar.
11 Choose Settings and click Control Panel.
12 Double-click System.
13 Click the Device Manager tab.
14 Double-click Disk drives to open the list of drives
connected to your system.
15 Select the new drive from the Disk drive list. The
new drive is the drive that was not listed before in
step 6.
16 Click Properties.
17 Click the Settings tab.
18 Make sure that the Removable check box has a
check mark next to it. Click it if it does not.
19 Click OK.
20 Click Close.
21 Restart your system.
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