User manual SAMSUNG SAMSUNG FORMAT UTILITY V1

[. . . ] DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO THIS UNLESS ALL OF YOUR FILES HAVE BEEN BACKED UP AND CHECKED FOR RELIABILITY AND READABILITY. This manual describes the features, uses, and instructions to format a Samsung External Hard Drive and is designed for the advanced computer user. Samsung Format Utility Ver. 1 2 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 partition with an optional quick format Does not support: · Partition size adjustment Files Included in this Program · Samsung Format Utility Vx. x. exe · The Samsung USB Format Utility is a Windows application and is available for downloaded from Samsung's online Customer Support page. (Homepage : www. samsunghdd. com) Partitioning and Changing File System Type The Samsung External Hard Drive can be formatted to three different filing systems: · FAT32 · NTFS · Macintosh Samsung Format Utility Ver. [. . . ] Click Start Figure 1-2 Samsung Format 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, you will receive a message from Task Bar indicating OK if the process was successful or Fail if the process failed. 1 5 Figure 1-4 Format Utility Running Samsung Format Utility Ver. 1 6 Reformat to NTFS Now that your Samsung External Hard Drive has been formatted, the drive can now be reformatted with the NTFS. Connect the Samsung External Hard Drive to your computer 2. From the Windows Explorer, right-click MyComputer -> Manage Figure 1-5 Manage option in Windows Explorer NOTE: PARTITONING AND FORMATTING YOUR DRIVE WILL PERMANENTLY ERASE ALL THE FILES ON THE DRIVE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO THIS UNLESS ALL OF YOUR FILES HAVE BEEN BACKED UP AND CHECKED FOR RELIABILITY AND READABILITY. Samsung Format Utility Ver. 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 Drive 5. IF YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU ARE REMOVING THE CORRECT PARTITION, click Yes Figure 1-7 Delete Partition Warning Samsung Format Utility Ver. Once the drive partition has been deleted, right-click the drive to format -> New Partition Figure 1-8 New Partition 7. From the New Partition Wizard, click Next Figure 1-9 Partition Wizard Samsung Format Utility Ver. 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 Partition Size Samsung Format Utility Ver. [. . . ] Open Applications -> Utilities folder 4. Select the drive you wish to reformat 6. Select Mac OS Externded(Journaled) from the volume format menu and Click Erase button 8. [. . . ]