Optional formatting and partitioning.
How to format lacie rugged 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.
Compatibility with macos 10 13 high sierra.
A dialog box opens.
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.
How to format your hard drive.
If the external hard drive shows as raw or no media follow part 2 with.
Lacie rugged secure is delivered formatted in exfat for compatibility with both windows and mac computers.
When it s finished click done.
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Optional formatting and partitioning.
For format select os x extended journaled.
Mobile devices won t be able to recognize every hard drive format.
Open file explorer and check if the external hard drive appears.
Connect the lacie external hard drive to your pc via its usb cable.
Disk utility will format the drive.
If not open disk management and check the external hard drive state.
Enter a name for the drive.
Lacie setup assistant helps you to quickly format the storage device according to your needs.
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This article explains about file systems and provides instruction to format a drive on windows and mac.
Lacie big products drive compatibility list.
Lacie desktop manager compatibility with macos high sierra.
Ios 13 and ipados support the following formats.
In the sidebar to the left select your lacie d2 drive.
Check lacie external hard drive state.
Aborted lacie setup assistant while it was formatting.
The lacie rugged ssd draws power through a usb port.
Read the information below if you.
This will be the name displayed when the drive mounts.