Reformatting External HD

kretzy

macrumors 604

Original poster

• May 14, 2006

• #1

I'm sure it's out there somewhere but I'm going to ask anyway because I'm feeling incredibly lazy. 😱

I just got my LaCie 250GB External HD and I know I have to reformat because it comes formatted for Windows. Could someone please tell me which option to select. I have no idea what any of them mean.



Also, is there anything else I need to do with it?

Thanks! 🙂

 

yankeefan24

macrumors 65816

• May 14, 2006

• #2

My LaCie 250GB from Apple came formatted for Macs in Mac (Journaled).

 

alexstein

macrumors 6502a

• May 14, 2006

• #3

If you are just going to use it for your Mac. You can format it in Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

 

kretzy

macrumors 604

Original poster

• May 14, 2006

• #4

Cool, thanks guys! 😉

So I don't have to worry about any of that case-sensative stuff?

 

alexstein

macrumors 6502a

• May 14, 2006

• #5

No, just ignore it.

 

kretzy

macrumors 604

Original poster

• May 14, 2006

• #6

alexstein said:

No, just ignore it.

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Excellent! Thanks again. 😉

 

yankeefan24

macrumors 65816

• May 14, 2006

• #7

What exactly does case-sensative mean anyways? Is that File Vault?

 

adk

macrumors 68000

• May 14, 2006

• #8

yankeefan24 said:

What exactly does case-sensative mean anyways? Is that File Vault?

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I'm pretty sure it means that a file named photo.jpg will be considered different from PHOTO.jpg

I'm not 100% sure though.

 

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trainguy77

macrumors 68040

• May 14, 2006

• #9

adk said:

I'm pretty sure it means that a file named photo.jpg will be considered different from PHOTO.jpg

I'm not 100% sure though.

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You are correct.