User manual (user manual) (ver.1.0) (spanish) (7 pages)
Summary of Contents for Samsung HXDU010EB - Story Station 1 TB External Hard Drive
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Samsung Format Utility Samsung Format Utility Ver. 1...
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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...
• 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...
Reformat to FAT32 Use Samsung USB Format Utility to format your Samsung External Hard Drive to FAT32. 1. Launch Samsung Format Utility Vx.x.exe 2. After you have read the warning message, click OK Figure 1-1 Format Warning Screen NOTE: PARTITONING AND FORMATTING YOUR DRIVE WILL PERMANENTLY ERASE ALL THE FILES ON THE DRIVE.
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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.
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Figure 1-4 Format Utility Running Samsung Format Utility Ver. 1...
Reformat to NTFS Now that your Samsung External Hard Drive has been formatted, the drive can now be reformatted with the NTFS. 1. Connect the Samsung External Hard Drive to your computer 2. From the Windows Explorer, right-click MyComputer -> Manage...
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3. 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.
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6. 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. 1...
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8. 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. 1...
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12. In the box to the right of File System: choose NTFS -> Next Figure 1-13 Choose NTFS The last screen is the Completing the New Partition Wizard to indicate that the partition was successfully completed. Samsung Format Utility Ver. 1...
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13. Click Finish Figure 1-14 Successful Partition Creation screen Your drive is now partitioned with NTSF. Figure 1-15 NTFS Partitioned Drive in the Management screen Samsung Format Utility Ver. 1...
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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. 1...