USER MANUAL
FHD FORMATTER SOFTWARE
Rev. 105/Mac
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Chapter: Freecom FHD Formatter (Mac)
The FHD Formatter is an application that allows you to format your Freecom hard drive to
different hard drive formats.
Installation
Click on "Start MAC" in the main directory of the hard drive. A menu screen will appear.
Select "Software" and then select "FHD Formatter". Follow the steps on screen to complete
the installation.
Using the software
Attention: Before formatting your Freecom hard drive, we recommend
using the "Save Freecom files" option from the Freecom start screen.
This will backup all preinstalled Freecom data of your drive (software,
manuals) to your local hard drive.
Run the "FHD Formatter" software. This can be found in "Applications" -> "Utilities".
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Formatting your hard drive
On a Mac system, you have two different options to format your hard drive:
• Mac OS Extended (HFS+) format
HFS+ partitions can only be used on Mac systems, not on Windows systems. Files larger
than 4GB can be saved to HFS+ - formatted drives.
• FAT32 format
FAT32-formatted drives are readable and writeable on Mac and PC systems. Files larger
than 4GB cannot be saved on FAT32-formatted drives.
Select one option and click on "Format". You will be notified that all your data will be lost
and if you really want to continue. Click "Yes" to continue".
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If the message "There are Freecom files on the hard drive. Do you want to keep these files?"
appears and you select this option, the Freecom data (manuals, software) will be copied
to a temporary folder on your local hard disk and afterwards copied back to your Freecom
Hard Drive.
A message box will appear when formatting is finished.
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