Lacie Rugged How To Reformat To Mac

Standard lacie storage devices will prompt you to run lacie setup assistant when they are first connected to a pc or mac.

Lacie rugged how to reformat to mac.

Lacie rugged secure is delivered formatted in exfat for compatibility with both windows and mac computers. It appears in my device management list but i cannot find how to reformat or open it. Abort lacie setup assistant while it is formatting. You can use lacie setup assistant to format your lacie hard drive when it is first connected to a computer mac or windows.

Optional formatting and partitioning. Read the information below if you. If you run into the issue of not having enough. I have a lacie hard drive that i used to get my files of of a mac computer.

If you use the drive with only one type of computer you can optimize file copy performance by formatting the drive in the native file system for your operating system ntfs for windows or hfs for macs. For instructions on how to format a drive please click on the link of your computer s operating system. Now i need to transfer those files onto a pc. Lacie setup assistant helps you to quickly format the storage device according to your needs.

Reformat lacie hard drive. In this video tutorial i show you how to easily format an external hard drive to work on both a mac and a pc. Please read the information below carefully if you. Formatting the hard drive.

So if you are formatting a drive that has already been used be sure to copy any files you will ever want to see again onto a computer or backup drive. However when plugged in i cannot find a way to open the drive. Formatting from hfs apple file system to ntfs follow the steps in this section if you used lacie setup assistant to format your drive for use with a mac or if you reformatted your lacie hard disk as an hfs volume on a mac. Aborted lacie setup assistant while it was formatting.

Hard drives set up for use on windows machines only will often use ntfs while macs will use hfs. Page 20 lacie rugged hard disk d user manual on the welcome to the new partition wizard screen click next. Formatting erases all data on the drive.