Sony VGX-XL2 - Manual (Page 60)

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11 Enter the size of the partition you want to create in the Partition Size field and
click Next . The Partition Creation Completion screen is displays.
12 Click Complete . The Partition Creation Completion screen closes and the
hard disk display now shows the partition has changed from Not Assigned to
Open Space .
13 Right click on the Open Space area and click Create New Logical Drive . The
Create New Partition screen displays.
14 Click Next . The Select Partition Type screen is displays.
15 Select the Logic Drive and click Next . The Specify Partition Size screen is
displays.
16 Enter the size of the partition you want to create in the Partition Size field and
click Next . The Assign Drive Letter or Path screen is displays.
17 Select Assign a Drive Letter and click Next . The Partition Format screen
displays.
18 Set the options in Format as follows:
• File system to use: NTFS
• Allocation size: Default
• Volume label: Volume
19 When complete, click Next . The New Partition Completion screen is
displays.
Click Complete .
Notes
Formatting of the hard disk to set up the partition begins. The status of the
partition is displays in the right side of the window. When the formatting is
complete, the upgraded hard disk is ready to use.
RAID configuration can be changed after upgrading the hard disk.
Refer to "Recovery After Changing the RAID Configuration" for details.
Click on the [Start] button and move your pointer to [All Programs], click on
[VAIO Setting], set "Never" for "Turn Off The Power For Hard Disk" in the
"Power Option Property" screen displayed by double clicking [Power/Battery]
[Power Option] in this order.
If it is set to other than "Never", recording using the Do VAIO may fail.
When a RAID volume and a drive not configured as a RAID (volume) are
mixed in the system, Windows may not run. Refer to "Windows doesn't start"
in "Troubleshooting" regarding this case.
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