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Samsung Format Utility S a m s u n g F o r m a t U t i l i t y V e r . 1 1 ...
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Using the Samsung Format Utility This program is designed to format your Samsung External Hard Drive only. It is critically important that you read and understand the results of formatting your drive. NOTE: PARTITONING AN D FORMATTING YOUR DRIVE WILL PERMANENTLY ERASE ALL THE FILES ON THE DRIVE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO THIS UNLESS ALL OF YOUR FILES HA ...
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Product Features Supports: • Only Samsung External Hard Drive • Windows XP / Vista / 7 • NTFS and FAT32 more than 32GB • Disk label setting • Partition the HDD into a single par tition with an optional quick format Does not support: • Partition size adjustment Files Included in this Program • Samsung Format Utility Vx.x.exe • The Sa ...
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Reformat to FAT32 Use Samsung USB Format Utilit y to format your Samsung External Hard Drive to FAT32. 1. Launch Samsung Format Utility Vx.x.exe 2. After you have read the warning message, click OK Figure 1-1 Format Warning Scre en NOTE: PARTITONING AN D FORMATTING YOUR DRIVE WILL PERMANENTLY ERASE ALL THE FILES ON THE DRIVE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO T ...
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7. Click Start Figure 1-2 Samsung F ormat Utility Screen 8. From the Warning screen, click OK Figure 1-3 Warning before Formatting The Lower Left window of the Samsung Format Utility changed from Enumerate Device Success to Running . This will change back to Enumerate Device Success when the process has completed. After the process has completed, y ...
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Figure 1-4 Format Utility Run ning S a m s u n g F o r m a t U t i l i t y V e r . 1 6 ...
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Reformat to NTFS Now that your Samsung External Hard Drive has been formatted, the drive can now be reformatted with the NTFS. 1. Connect the Sam sung External Hard Drive to your computer 2. From the Windows Explorer , right-click MyCompu ter -> Manage Figure 1-5 Manage opt ion in Windows Explorer NOTE: PARTITONING AN D FORMATTING YOUR DRIVE WIL ...
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3. From the Computer Management screen, choose Disk Management 4. Right-click the your Samsung External Hard Drive -> click Delete Partition Figure 1-6 Partitioning your Samsung External Hard D rive 5. IF YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU ARE REMOVING THE CORRECT PARTITION, click Yes Figure 1-7 Delete Partition War ning S a m s u n g F o r m a t U t i ...
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6. Once the drive partition has been deleted, right-click the drive to format -> New Partition Figure 1-8 New Partit ion 7. From the New Partition Wizard , click Next Figure 1-9 Partition Wizard S a m s u n g F o r m a t U t i l i t y V e r . 1 9 ...
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8. From the Select Partition Type screen, click Primary Partition -> Next Figure 1-10 Choose the Partition Type 9. Enter the size of the partition -> Next Figure 1-11 Enter a Par tition Size S a m s u n g F o r m a t U t i l i t y V e r . 1 1 0 ...
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10. From the Assign Drive Letter or Path, click Assign the following drive letter: -> choose the Drive Letter Designation -> Next Figure 1-12 Cho ose the Drive Designatio n Letter 11. From the Format Partition screen, click Format this partition w ith the following settings: 12. In the box to the right of File System: choose NTFS -> Next F ...
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13. Click Finish Figure 1-14 Successf ul Partition Creation scre en Your drive is now pa rtitioned with NTSF. Figure 1-15 NTFS Partitioned Dr ive in the Manage ment screen S a m s u n g F o r m a t U t i l i t y V e r . 1 1 2 ...
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Reformat in Macintosh Following are the instructions fo r formatting a computer running the Macintosh OS X: 1. Launch Mac Os X’s Disk Utility tool 2. Open the main drive folder from the desktop 3. Open Applications -> Utilities folder 4. Select the Disk Utility file 5. Select the drive you wish to reformat 6. Select the Erase menu 7. Select Ma ...
