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Chapter 13: GigaStor RAID Wiping and Rebuilding 271
b. Type the calculated number of megabytes in the Select the amount of
space in MB box.
c. Click Next .
11. Assign drive letter E , and click Next .
12. Perform a quick format with these settings and values, and click Next .
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File system — NTFS
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Allocation unit size — Default
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Volume label — Data
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Perform a quick format — Enabled
13. Click Finish .
After a few seconds, the E: drive should now be available to Windows.
You successfully prepared the disk volumes in Windows. Windows can now read
and write to these RAID disk drives.
How to disable the Recycle Bin for RAID
The Windows Recycle Bin holds deleted files that can be restored, but this
consumes valuable disk space. Disable the Recycle Bin for RAID drives to ensure
RAID disk space is never used for this purpose.
To delete
1. Right-click the Recycle Bin on the Windows desktop, and click Properties .
2. Highlight the D: drive, and select Don't move files to the Recycle Bin.
Remove files immediately when deleted .
3.
Highlight the E: drive, and select
Don't move files to the Recycle Bin.
Remove files immediately when deleted .
4. Click OK .
The Recycle Bin no longer consumes disk space for files deleted from the RAID.
How to create folders for the RAID drives
Create a folder for network data to be stored. By default, the GigaStor Control
Panel saves to a specific directory name on the RAID volumes, so make sure the
folder is available for each volume.
To create folders on your new RAID for the GigaStor appliance to save network
data to, do the following:
1. Open This PC on the Windows desktop.
2. Navigate to the D: drive.
3. Create a new folder named Data .
Example: D:\Data
4. Repeat step 1 through step 3 but for the E: drive.
You now have folders for the GigaStor to save to. These folder names match the
names given at the factory and—unless you changed the save location—also
match the location saved in the Observer registry keys.