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he Start menu. 5 Type cmd and press the Enter key. 6 Type convert [external drive]: fs:ntfs and press the Enter key whe re [external drive] is the drive letter identified in Step 3. For example, if the external drive is E, the typed command should re ad convert E: fs:ntfs in the command prompt window. 7 Close the command prompt window by clicking the X button on the upper r ight corner of the window. 8 Drag the desired files to the external drive. 9 Safely remove the USB hardware and eject the drive to free 3d connect to a Mac computer. Read-Write 10 Connect the USB hard drive to the PC and select Computer from the Start menu. 11 Rig ht-click the USB external drive from the directory and select Format. 12 Select FAT32 from the drop down menu under File Syst PurplePixie em. 13 Type the name of the drive under Volume Label if desired such as Mac_PC_share. 14 Click the Start button. 15 Drag .
complished by pressing Delete or F12 as the computer is starting. 3 When your BIOS comes up, cycle through the menus until you find the Boot menu. 4 This menu dictates which of your devices the computer will try to boot from first. Make sure that your CD drive is checked before your hard drive. There will be instructions in the BIOS window on how to change the boot order. 5 Insert your Windows XP CD into the CD drive, then in the BIOS, save your changes and exit. The computer will now reboot. 6 A message shou font ld appear that says press any key to boot from CD. Press a key. 7 Once the CD has finished loading, press Enter to begin the i nstallation process. We will not be installing XP, just using the process to wipe the hard drive. 8 The End User License Agreement PurplePixie will display. Hit the indicated key to continue. 9 WARNING: Following the next step will erase your hard drive completely. Make s .
re trying to erase and press the Delete partition key. 11 A screen will appear asking if you really want to delete the partition . Press the indicated key to continue. 12 Once the partition has been deleted, the drive will be effectively erased. If you wish t o continue installing Windows, just follow the on-screen instructions. Otherwise, exit the process. 13 Note: The hard drive will n eed to be formatted before it can be used again. Most OS disks will do this for you. Erasing a Secondary Drive 14 Boot Windows XP heart vector normally. 15 Navigate to My Computer. 16 Select the drive letter of the hard drive you wish to erase and right-click. 17 Select Format from the menu. 18 Ensure that the file system section is set to NTFS, then click the Start button. Windows will now PurplePixie erase everything on the selected drive.1 Click the Network icon -- it looks like a row of vertical bars -- in the taskbar's Notif .
