Buffalo LinkStation 200B, User Manual

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Click Edit .
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Select when to run the scan and click OK .
Notes:
• Select the “Immediately” checkbox to run a RAID scan immediately.
• To stop a RAID scan, click
Cancel RAID Scan .
Adding an External Drive
Connecting an External Drive
Your LinkStation includes a USB port and you can connect an external drive to this port. Once connected, it appears
as a shared folder on the LinkStation. Formatted drives are detected automatically. Unformatted drives should be
formatted in Settings.
After a USB drive is recognized, Windows adds “usbdisk
x ” in File Explorer, where “x” is the USB port to which the
drive is connected.
Compatibility
The following devices are supported by the LinkStation. Buffalo external USB drives are recommended but DUB and
DIU series drives are not supported.
• USB storage devices
• Card readers (except for card readers that can recognize two or more memory cards)
Supported file systems for external drives and the types of allowed access are listed below:
Ext3
*
XFS NTFS
*
exFAT
*
FAT32 HFS Plus
*
Accessing via SMB R R/W R/W R/W R/W R
Using as a backup drive R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R
Using for Direct Copy R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R
R/W: Read and write, R: Read-only
*This cannot be formatted from Settings.
Connect only one device to a USB port of the LinkStation. Some external drives with automatic power-on don’t turn
on automatically when connected to the LinkStation. Use their manual switch to turn them on. Be sure to connect
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