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Viewing an External USB Drive or Memory Stick
To view a USB drive or memory stick attached to the Network Storage:
1. In the Tree, click on the
+
beside the RAID & File System icon.
2. Click on the RAID Management icon.
The USB drive or memory stick appears as a USB External Disk
3. Click on the File System Management icon.
The USB drive or memory stick appears as a Volume called USBDISK.
You do NOT create a RAID Volume or folders with the USB drive or memory
stick as you would with the disk drives installed in the Network Storage
enclosure.
With the USB drive or memory stick connected to the Network Storage, create
a network drive on your PC and choose the USB disk as the folder. Then you
can access the USB drive or memory stick from your PC.
Formatting an External USB Drive or Memory Stick
This option only appears when Network Storage does not recognize the file system
on the USB drive or memory stick.
Caution
When you format a USB drive or memory stick, you delete all the
data saved on it. Back up any important data before you format.
To format a USB drive or memory stick:
1. Attach the USB drive or memory stick to one of the USB ports on the back
of the Network Storage.
2. In the Tree, click on the
+
beside the RAID & File System icon.
3. Click on the File System Management icon.
4. On the File System Status tab, highlight the USB drive.
5. From the Format File System Type dropdown menu, choose a file system:
•
FAT 32 – Use for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh PCs, and NAS
•
Ext3 – Use for UNIX and Linux PCs, and NAS
6. Click on the
Format USB Disk
button.
7. In the confirmation box, type
yes
, then click the
OK
button.
Formatting requires several minutes, depending on the size of your USB drive
or memory stick.
