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Formatting the RAID Volumes
After creating a RAID array, your operating system will recognize that array as a logical
disk. However, the array will not be accessible until it is formatted by the operating
system.
Format the volume when you have finished the following procedures:
•
Set up the Enclosure
•
Set up the RAID Controller
•
Installed Drivers
•
Created an Array
For
Windows
Users:
1.
Use the Windows Search function and search for
Disk Management. (
Search results
may show
Create and format hard disk partitions.
)
2.
Alternatively, Go to
Control Panel.
3.
Under Administrative Tools, click
Create and format hard disk partitions
•
If you just created the array, a prompt will appear after clicking disk
management asking you to initialize the disk
•
MBR partition table is mainly for bootable drives and has a 2 TB limit. If your PC
motherboard uses legacy BIOS, you will most likely need to use MBR for
bootable drives.
•
GPT partition table has no capacity limit, but cannot be bootable unless your PC
motherboard contains UEFI firmware.
