

How to manage
partitions on the disc
The Manage Partitions function allows you
to change the size of the secure and public partitions on the drive.
About creating a secure partition
Your
Pocket Hard Drive can have two partitions. One can be public (for anyone
to see) and one can be private (secured with a password). The default
factory configuration is for the public partition to occupy 100% of the
disc space, so it appears that there isn't a secure partition. To use
a secure partition, you simply need to assign some space for this partition
by resizing the secure partition.
Warning.
Resizing the partitions erases all data on the entire drive (both partitions).
If there is data on the drive that you want to keep, back up the data
on another drive before resizing the partitions on your Pocket Hard
Drive. Seagate is not responsible for lost data.
To change the size of the partitions:
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Click
on the Tools button on the main menu. See Figure 1.
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Click
on the Manage Partitions button. The Manage Partition screen will
be displayed. See Figure 3.

Figure 3. Manage Partition screen
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Either
enter the size you want the secure partition to be (in Mbytes) in
the Secure Zone field, or use the slider control to adjust the size.
The size of the public zone will be resized automatically to fill
the remaining space on the drive.
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You can
also assign or change the password for the secure partition by entering
a password (maximum of 8 characters) in the New Password field. Enter
the same password in the Confirm Password field and also enter a Password
hint of your choice (40 characters maximum) in the Password Hint field.
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Click
on the OK button to complete the changes.
How to format
the drive
The Format the Drive function allows you to format the
selected partition (zone).
Warning.
All existing data on the selected partition will be destroyed. If the
partition you want to format contains data that you want to keep, back
up the data to another disc drive. Seagate is not responsible for lost
data.
To format the
selected partition:
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Click
on the Tools button located on the main menu.
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Click
on the Format This Pocket Hard Drive button.
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Click
on the OK button if you want to proceed to format the Pocket Hard
Drive. If you are not sure you want to format the drive, click on
the Cancel button.

Figure 4. Format This Pocket Hard Drive confirmation
screen

How to restore
the drive to factory default configuration
The
Restore Factory Default function allows you to format the entire drive
to restore it to the factory default configuration.
Warning.
All existing data on the drive
will be destroyed. If the drive you want to format contains data that
you want to keep, back up the data to another disc drive. Seagate is not
responsible for lost data.
To
restore the selected Pocket Hard Drive to its factory default configuration
:
- Click
on the Tools button located on the main menu.
- Click
on the Restore Factory Default button.
- Click on the OK button if you
want to proceed to restore the Pocket Hard Drive. If you are not sure
you want to restore the drive to the factory default configuration,
click on the Cancel button.