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12. Accept the default starting and ending sectors (creates a partition that spans 100% of the drive) by just pressing `return/Enter`
13. Enter `8300` for the Hex-code/GUID. This is shortform to select the 'Linux Filesystem'
14. Enter `w` to write table to disk and exit tool
15. Hit `y` to proceed, wait for it to complete, and safely eject drive
16. Connect your drive to the FxBlox
17. **Close FxBlox app**. Now open your Fxblox app now and see your total maximum storage increase in the FxBlox app.
15. Hit `y` to proceed, wait for it to complete, and safely eject and reinsert drive.
#### Example Output
<div class="text--center">
<img src="/img/fxyard-network/gdisk-output.jpg" style={{width: 700}}/>
</div>

16. After partitioning is complete. Now we can format using the `e2fsprogs` command.
17. Download with `brew install e2fsprogs`. This might take a while if Brew is not up-to-date.
18. Now verify disk path again with `diskutil list`.
19. Run ```sudo `brew --prefix e2fsprogs`/sbin/mkfs.ext4 /dev/diskXs1```

:::info replace the `X` in `/dev/diskXs1` with the path found in step 18!
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20. Wait for it to complete and safely eject drive.
21. Connect your drive to the FxBlox.
22. **Close FxBlox app**. Now open your Fxblox app now and see your total maximum storage increase in the FxBlox app.
23. If the drive does not show within the next 5 minutes there maybe a variety of issues occurring. **Checkout the [Troubleshooting](#troubleshoot) section for more details.**

### Windows (Free Third-Party App)

Ext4 is a linux standard that Windows does not support without some third-party help. There are various paid and free options out there, but we recommend [Parition Master Free by EaseUS](https://www.easeus.com/partition-manager/epm-free.html).
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## Troubleshoot
- **Drive not recognized in Windows.** If your windows computer doesn't see the connected drive, try restarting your computer first. Then look into potentially installing drivers for the storage device.
- **FxBlox not updating storage capacity.** If your FxBlox doesn't update the storage the maximum storage capactity even after formatting, try restarting the FxBlox by unplug-plugging it back in.
- **Storage capacity not updating** This could be for a variety of issues:
- Try closing/opening your app a couple of times, but also press the `retry` buttons a once or twice in between.
- Restart the FxBlox by unplug-plugging it back in.
- The usb3 drive is connected to a usb2 port. On a **FxBlox Lite**, the top two ports are USB2.0 and the bottom is USB3.0. On a **FxBlox Lite Plus**, the top port is USB2.0 and the bottom two are USB3.0.
- **Additional storage devices not showing up under `Device` Tab.** This is a known bug, as of app version 1.6.2. Currently, newly added storage gets added to the total instead of as a separate device.
- **Parition Exists already (MacOS).** If a partition exists already, then you will want to delete it first, write to drive, and rerun the command:
1. Get to step 9 in the _[Manually Parition and Format for Mac](#macos-terminal)_ instructions
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