How To Format Lacie Rugged Hard Drive

For scheme select guid partition map.

How to format lacie rugged hard drive.

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. Disk utility will format the drive. Check out availability and prices on amazon http amzn to 2jrpbtg we pick up a 1tb lacie rugged thunderbolt from the london apple store on regents street. Optional formatting and partitioning.

If the external hard drive shows as raw or no media follow part 2 with. Open file explorer and check if the external hard drive appears. If not open disk management and check the external hard drive state. Compatibility with macos 10 13 high sierra.

Aborted lacie setup assistant while it was formatting. When it s finished click done. The lacie rugged ssd draws power through a usb port. Instructions to find a serial number on the lacie drives.

This will be the name displayed when the drive mounts. Optional formatting and partitioning. How to format your hard drive. You can use lacie setup assistant to format your lacie hard drive when it is first connected to a computer mac or windows.

Lacie big products drive compatibility list. Enter a name for the drive. Check lacie external hard drive state. A dialog box opens.

Lacie setup assistant helps you to quickly format the storage device according to your needs. Lacie rugged secure is delivered formatted in exfat for compatibility with both windows and mac computers. Lacie desktop manager compatibility with macos high sierra. For format select os x extended journaled.

Newer seagate and lacie branded external drives come preformatted exfat some older drives are formatted for pcs some for macs and some of them have special utilities allowing them to work between both without formatting. Mobile devices won t be able to recognize every hard drive format. In the sidebar to the left select your lacie d2 drive. 5big and 8big thunderbolt 2 not detected by lacie raid manager v2 5.

This article explains about file systems and provides instruction to format a drive on windows and mac.