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LaCie 2big USB 3.0 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON Formatting

User Manual page 26

3.4.3. Formatting for Windows Vista and

Windows 7 Users

Master Boot Record or GUID Partition Table?

Master Boot Record (MBR) partitioning has been the hard drive

standard for many years. It supports a maximum of four primary

partitions with a size limit of 2TB per partition. Due to parti-

tion limitations in the face of ever-expanding hard disk drive

sizes, Global Unique Identiﬁer Partition Tables (GPT) has been

established to allow for more partitions with greater capacities.

Further, GPT has many additional advantages that may offer

enhancements in performance.

However, GPT is not compatible with Windows XP 32-bit. While

Windows XP 64-bit supports GPT, it is best to use MBR if you

intend to share your LaCie device with computers running Win-

dows XP 32-bit.

Switching from MBR to GPT or, conversely, from GPT to MBR,

is not difﬁcult. Please copy all important data to a separate disk

before making the change since adjusting the partition table

format is destructive:

Right-click on My Computer and choose Manage. From the

Manage window select Disk Management and ﬁnd your La-

Cie disk drive. Right-click on the disk number to choose GPT

(Fig. 25) or MBR (Fig. 26).

The steps listed below will help you format and partition your disk

drive using Windows Vista and Windows 7. Please see 3.4.2. For-

matting for Window XP Users or 3.4.4. Formatting for Mac Users

for instructions on formatting using alternative operating systems.

For more information on the optimal ﬁle format, go to 3.4.1. File

System Formats.

1. Right-click on My Computer and choose Manage. From

the Manage window select Disk Management.

2. From the list of drives in the middle of the Disk Manage-

ment window, right-click on your LaCie hard disk drive.

Select New Simple Volume... (Fig. 24)

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