Recovery Drive. Buffalo Tech TeraStation 5000

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Click OK. You have changed the admin password.

Recovery Drive

To initialize all of the TeraStation’s settings, or just restore the admin password to its factory default value, create the recovery drives as described below.

For Initializing Settings

A system initialization drive can reset all settings to their default values.

Notes:

• Normally, making and using the system initialization drive will not affect data. However, always back up your data regularly!

• This USB drive can be used to recover the system if your TeraStation doesn’t boot at all. In this case, if the data partition is damaged, then all your data will be deleted by the recovery process.

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Insert a 1 GB or larger USB flash drive into a USB port on the TeraStation.

Note: All data on the USB flash drive will be erased!

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In Settings, navigate to Management-Restore/Erase-USB Options.

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Select Create a USB drive for initializing settings.

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Select the USB memory device from “Target USB drive”, then click Execute.

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Enter the 4 digit confirmation number and click OK. The TeraStation will create the initialization drive. This will take about a minute.

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When the “finished” dialog opens, the USB initialization drive is ready to use. Dismount the USB drive before unplugging it. See “Dismounting Drives” in chapter 4 for the instructions on dismounting drives.

For Resetting Password

A password initialization drive can reset the administrator password to its default value (“password”). This could be very

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useful if you forget your admin password.

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Insert a 1 GB or larger USB memory device (not included) to a USB 2.0 port on the TeraStation.

Note: All data on the USB flash drive will be erased!

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In Settings, navigate to Management - Restore/Erase - USB Options.

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Select Create a USB drive for resetting the admin password.

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Select the USB memory device from “Target USB drive” list, then click Execute.

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Enter the 4 digit confirmation number and click OK. The TeraStation will create the password reset drive. This will take about a minute.

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When the “finished” dialog opens, the password reset drive is ready to use. Dismount the USB drive before unplugging it. See “Dismounting Drives” in chapter 4 for the instructions on dismounting drives.

For instructions on using system initialization or password initialization drives, see chapter 10.

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