Firewiere

In order to use the fireWire hard drive to install the primary operating system you have to follow a few steps.

1. Boot up your computer with the FireWire hard drive turned on and connected.

2. From the Start to the Programs menu select MS DOS Prompt. The MS DOS Windows will now appear. From command prompt type "fdisk" and hit the enter key.

3. When asked to enable Large Disk support press "Y".

4. The Microsoft Fixed Disk Utility will open. Choose option 5 "Change current fixed disk drive" then hit the Enter key.

5. Now select your FireWire drive from the list. Your main internal hard drive will be Disk 1. If you have only one hard drive in your computer then drive 2 will be your FireWire drive. If you are not sure which drive is your FireWire drive you should contact the manufacture of the drive for further instructions. After selecting your FireWire drive from the list hit the enter key to proceed. You have to be careful because if you choose the wrong drive you might end up losing the data.

6. You will now be presented the original menu of 5 items. Select option 1 "Create DOS partition or Logical DOS drive" and hit Enter.

7. You will now be presented 3 menu items. Choose number 1 "Create Primary DOS Partition" then hit the Enter key.

8. You will now see the question "Do you wish to use the maximum available size for the Primary DOS partition"? Answer yes.

9. The partitioning is complete hit the Esc button twice. You will see a message that you must restart your computer. Hit the Esc button once more to exit the fdisk program. From the MS DOS command prompt type; "exit" to close the MS DOS Prompt window.

10. Disconnect the drive from the FireWire bus, wait about ten seconds, then reconnect the drive. After plugging the drive back in double click the "My Computer" icon to open the My Computer window. You should have a new drive icon for the FireWire drive. Right click on the drive icon for the FireWire drive. From the pop-up menu that appears select "Format". From the format dialog select "Full" under "Format Type, then click the Start. You will see a warning that all files will be destroyed. Click OK to proceed. This process may take several minutes. Once complete,