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Artition
Use the Partition menu to check the status of an existing partition or partitions on storage in the HDD
bays or in the Media Bay. The default storage configuration uses a single partition. However you if
have changed the RAID configuration, installed new storage drives, or if you want to add one or more
partition to the installed storage, use the partition menu. Note that any change to existing partition
arrangement will delete all data on the storage drive. Make sure you back up any data you wish to
save.
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If a drive is already partitioned, first eject the drive using the standard eject process for an external
drive for the OS you are using.
Note that if you forget to do this, a warning
message will appear telling you that a
drive was not ejected properly. Do not be
concerned if this happens, just click
OK
in
the warning menu and continue with the
partition creation steps.
A few notes to keep in mind about partitioning and formatting drives:
•
Partitioning a drive, whether it is the RAID drive or the Media Pod, is basically the same. Follow the
instructions to partition unformatted drives to be used with your operating system.
•
Partitioning in Windows will format the drive with NTFS, usable in Windows.
• Partitioning in Mac will format the drive using the Mac file system, Mac OS Extended.
•
The example PROMISE Utility menus show here are on a Mac, but the menus for Windows are
nearly identical, and the procedure is the same.
Improper ejection warning - Mac
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