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What is partitioning? 3. Click Partition if you want to partition your drive, or
Partitioning divides the
click Initialise to reformat the drive as one volume.
disc into separate
Partitioning is not required; if you select Partition,
volumes. It does not
continue to the next step. That's the Initialise
increase the capacity of
the drive. Creating more
stage finished!
than one partition can
be helpful in organising
4. Choose the number of partitions from the Volume
your information. For
Scheme pop-up menu. Click each partition and enter
example, you might
a name, select a format, and enter a size for each
want one volume
(partition) to store your
partition. (You can also drag the partitions to change
backups and one
the size.) Select the Mac OS Extended format for
volume for applications
each partition unless you have a specific need to
or other information.
Each volume receives
select any other available Volume Format option.
its own volume icon, so
each volume appears to 5. Click Partition, and then click Partition again.
be a separate disc drive
Your drive appears on your desktop with the volume
on your Macintosh
label(s) you entered in the steps above. If you elected
desktop. Partitioning is
not required if you use to partition the drive to create two or more volumes,
the Apple-provided
each volume will have a drive icon and label.
Disk Utility to create
a Mac OS Extended
format volume.
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Data-sharing between Windows and
Macintosh systems
Seagate does not recommend that you use your
external hard drive to share data between Windows
and Macintosh operating systems. This is primarily due
to all of the variables in OS types and versions, formats
and partitions, interfaces, and third-party connectivity
software packages. If you absolutely must use your
external hard drive to share data between Windows
and Macintosh systems, initialise your drive (before you
use it!) for a Macintosh OS, as described above, and
then purchase and install – on your Windows system –
available third-party software that allows your Windows
system to read from and write to a drive that is
formatted for a Mac OS.
Also, for dual-interface kits, the two IEEE 1394a
(FireWire) ports are designed for daisy-chaining IEEE
1394a (FireWire) devices, not for connecting two
computers to the drive at the same time.
Caution: Do not leave your drive in its pre-formatted FAT32, single
partition condition if you intend to transfer data between Mac and
Windows systems. Doing so will result in data loss.