CONFIGURING SETTINGS
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MY CLOUD USER MANUAL
Scan Disk
The Scan Disk area allows you to scan your device’s hard disks for any errors.
Scanning Your Disk
Use the following steps to run a disk scan on your My Cloud device.
1. In the Volume area, select the volume you’d like to scan from the drop-down menu.
2. Click
Scan Disk
.
3. Review the confirmation message and click
OK
. Your My Cloud is scanned for disk errors.
Format Disk
The Format Disk area allows you to format your device’s hard disk(s).
Formatting Your Disk
Use the following steps to format the disks on your My Cloud device.
1. In the Volume area, select the volume(s) you’d like to format from the drop-down menu.
2. Click
Format Disk
.
3. Review the confirmation message, select the check box, and click
OK
.
Your My Cloud begins formatting.
ISO Mounting
Mounting an ISO file located on your network shares provides file-level access to the file and
folder content of the ISO file to users with access to the network share.
WARNING!
The Format Disk option erases all of the user data and shares permanently,
retaining default shares. Data recovery programs cannot be used to restore
data; all user data and shares are permanently deleted.
Formatting your disk will take several hours to complete.
