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Disk Utility
Enter this screen by selecting Control Panel / Maintenance / Disk Utility. You
will be presented with a table that lists the status of all detected storage
devices. The fi rst device listed (“/dev/hda/”) will be the main data partition
of the NAS hard drive.
If you have another storage device attached to the USB-A port, its status will
be displayed on the next row of the table.
From this table, you have the option to perform the following actions on a
specifi c storage device using the buttons provided:
Format
The hard drive is preformatted at the factory as FAT32. If you want to
change the format to EXT2 or EXT3, make your selection from the pull-
down menu, and press
Format
.
The FAT32 format is the most fl exible format, since it allows you to use the
drive with either the USB-B or Ethernet interface. Alternatively, if you plan to
use your drive only with Ethernet, you can realize the following benefi ts by
reformatting to EXT2 or EXT3:
Faster data throughput
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Ability to allocate user storage quotas
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Prevent password-protected folders from being accessed via a
•
USB-B connection
Regarding auxiliary storage devices attached to your USB-A port, you may
fi nd that you need to reformat your device to FAT32 using Disk Utility before
your device will mount properly using the NAS drive.
Scan
Press the
Scan
button if you would like to scan your disk for errors.
Unmount
Press the
Unmount
button if you would like to unmount the auxiliary
storage device. This button is disabled for the primary hard disk.
Caution: Formatting the drive will delete all data
from your drive and will reset all settings to factory
default. Use extreme care to protect any previously
stored data before reformatting your drive.
