I just got a LaCie External HD 160 GB since my internal HD is getting full.
I am supposed to use Apple's Disk Utilities to initialize this new HD in Mac OS Extended however I can't figure out how to do so. I see options for First Aid, Erase, Partition, RAID and Restore. I assume what I want is probably in the Partition section but I can't see where or what. Also I am confused as to whether I should use Mac OS Extended (Journaled), Mac OS Extended, Mac OS (Case-sensitive, Journaled), Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive), UNIX File System and Free Space. The current format of the LaCie HD is MS-DOS File System. Again I am assuming I want Mac OS Extended, but it keeps jumping to Mac OS Extended (Journaled). What do these different formats mean and what do I want. Also how do I get it? Too many options is too confusing. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Anne Cartwright iMac 800 MHz PowerPC G4 1 GB SDRAM MAC OS X 10.4.7 | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 25 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
