PARTITIONING AND FORMATTING THE BIGROC 4-BAY DRIVE ON A MAC OS
All Rocstor drives are factory formatted with HFS+, unless otherwise stated on the retail box.
WARNING:
Initializing, Formatting, Configuring or Partitioning the Bigroc 4-Bay RAID
will destroy all of its data. To protect your data, back it up before initializing,
formatting, configuring or partitioning this device.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
1.
All programs should be closed before beginning.
2.
Connect the Bigroc 4-Bay RAID to your computer using the appropriate cable(s).
3.
“Click” means left click. “Right Click” will be so labeled.
4.
Some computes are set so a single “click will perform the task, such as opening a window.
Depending on your mouse setting, you may have to double click to get to the next window.
If a single click does not open the next window, please double click.
5.
ALL RAID UNITS ARE SHIPPED FROM THE FACTORY CONFIGURED: RAID 0 (STRIPING).
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARTITIONING AND FORMATIING
1.
Connect the Bigroc 4-Bay RAID to the computer via a port.
2.
Turn ON the Bigroc 4-Bay RAID.
3.
Reconfigure the Bigroc 4-Bay for a specific RAID mode
4.
Reformat the Bigroc 4-Bay RAID by following these instructions:
a)
Initialize
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