Click Start, and select All Programs
Administrative ToolsComputer Management.
Expand the Storage directory,
and then select Disk Management. The disk
and logical drive information appears on the right side of the window.
If the new logical drive created by the ACU does not
appear on the bottom right side of the Computer Management window
as unallocated space, click Action, and
then click Rescan Disks.
Right-click Disk 1 on the
bottom right panel, which displays a small red circle on the disk
icon, and then select Initialize Disk.
Select Disk 1, and then
click OK on the Initialize Disk screen.
The small red circle is now gone, and the disk is identified as a
Basic disk.
Right-click the box containing the disk size amount,
which is labeled Unallocated and then select New Partition.
Click Next at the New Partition
Wizard screen.
Select either Primary or Extended Partition, and then click Next at the Select Partition Type screen.
Click Next to use the maximum
disk space, or enter the amount you want for the partition size at
the Specify Partition Size screen.
Click Next to accept the
drive letter assigned by default at the Assign Drive Letter or Path
screen. The Format Partition screen appears.
To format the drive, select the appropriate file system
format (the default selection is NTFS) and the Allocation Unit Size,
and then either enter the Volume Label or accept the default label.
(Optional) Select Perform a quick format and Enable file and folder compression.
If the drive will not be formatted, select Do not format this partition.
Click Next.
Click Finish at the Completing
the New Partition Wizard screen. The partition is formatted to the
file system that was selected and is labeled Healthy at the completion
of the format.
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