There are various methods to partition and format a new drive. The easiest way is from within Windows Disk Management utility. Just plug in the BlacX, then plug a hard drive into it. Go to Start, and right-click My Computer. You should see the unpartitioned drive listed there. Right-click the drive and choose "Manage". This will open the Disk Manager. You'll see all your drives listed. The new drive with show as being 'Unallocated'. Just righ-click the drive and choose Partition from the menu. Just follow the instructions to create your desired partitions. After partitioning just format the partitions as NTFS file system. Here's a link to a PDF document for the BlacX that explains it all in step-by-step form. http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?S=1268&ID=1642#Tab4
Good luck, Donk On 12/1/2010 4:48 PM, geo h wrote: > How to format and partition two new sata hard drives for use in a docking > station > > I have two new Sata hard drives `that I would like to know how to format and > partition for use in the above Thermtake Blac X Duet Sata& USB Docking > Station: > > 1)Seagate Sata/300 Barracuda âEURoe3.5âEUR? Internal hard drive > > 2)Hitachi Sata 2TB internal hard drive > > I do not have available to me the written instructions for > Performing the above tasks. > > I have a limited fund of tech knowledge, however, I am ca-pable of following > step-by-step, âEUR~recipe-likeâEUR^(TM) instructions in performing most asks > of this nature. > > I would be most grateful for any help that you might be able to provide me to > perform the formatting and portioning tasks, or some links that you might > provide me which pre-sented appropriate clarity and detailed instructions to > suc-cessfully address these issues. > > Cordially > Geoheid > > Custom built computer > Windows XP Pro âEUR" Service Pack 3 âEUR" Build 2600 > 240 gigahertz Intel Core 2 duo > 2048 Megabytes installed memory > P5K Deluxe motherboard âEUR" Wifi-AP edition > 320GB Unused space > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please > feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post > personal issues directly to the group. > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to > [email protected] > > Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > Internal Virus Database is out of date. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.426 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3253 - Release Date: 11/12/10 > 10:40:00 > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
