Chapter 3 Partition and Format Installation
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Partition and Format Installation
Partition and Format Installation
If the SSD is brand-new and unformatted, please perform partition installation so that the computer can read the data normally; If the SSD is formatted and has stored data, you have no need to perform partition installation because the computer can read the data normally.
For Windows
(1) Right click This PC icon and select “Manage”, choose “Storage” then go to “Disk Management”, select “MBR(Master Boot Record)” or “GPT(GUlD Partition Table)”, click “OK”.
(2) Right click your disk, choose “New Simple Volume” and select “Next” to proceed.
(3) Select the File system, Allocation unit size and Volume label from the Erase or use the default one.
(4) Follow the instructions step by step to complete format installation.
- For Windows computer, the maximum speed of the disk is achieved by selecting Better Performance from the Policies in the Windows Drive Properties. We do not recommend doing this if you are not aiming for ultimate performance
For Mac
(1) After connecting to the product, there is a prompt window “The disk you attached was not readable by this computer” popping up.
(2) Select “Initialize...” in the pop-up prompt window.
(3) Click “Erase” to pop up the Settings window.
(4) Select the “Name”, “Format" and “Scheme” from the Erase or use the default one.
(5) Click “Done” to complete the installation.
