Formatting Drives. Buffalo Tech TeraStation 5000

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Click Check. You have the option of deleting information files from Mac OS during the check if desired.

Formatting Drives

Note: Under some circumstances, data deleted when a drive is formatted can be recovered. To ensure that data is

“gone forever”, a format might not be sufficient. See “Erase Data on the TeraStation Completely”.

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In Settings, click Drives.

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Select Drives to format an internal drive or USB Drives to format an external drive.

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Select the drive to format, then click Format Disk.

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Select a format type, then click Format.

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The “Confirm Operation” screen will open. Enter the displayed number, then click OK.

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Depending on the size of your drive, the format may take several minutes or several hours to complete.

“Formatting” will be displayed on the LCD display until the format is complete.

Notes:

• Do not turn off or disconnect power to the TeraStation while formatting a hard drive.

• For drives of 2.2 TB or larger, make sure that the “GPT Partition” checkbox is selected.

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