Replace and Add a Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
HDD Hot-Plug
Hot Plug Feature
Your WHS supports the HDD Hot-Plug function, which enables you to remove, add-on or
swap SATA HDD while the system is powered on and under operation.
Adding a Hard Drive
You can add a hard drive to your server storage from the
Server Storage
tab of the console.
When you select a newly installed hard drive (either internal or external) and then click
Add
,
the Add a Hard Drive Wizard starts. The wizard helps you add a hard drive to your home-server
storage. Complete the wizard to add more space for your files to your server storage.
When performing hot plug operations, please wait till the operation system
starts up.
You must not remove the operating system HDD.
Hard drives are formatted before they are added to server storage. Make
sure that you back up any important files that are on the hard drive before
you add it to server storage. Formatting a hard drive deletes all files on the
hard drive.
If you add a hard drive to your server storage, you commit it to be part of
your total server-storage space. You should not disconnect the hard drive to
use it for other purposes. If you want to use the hard drive for other pur-
poses, you should first select the hard drive and click
Remove
.
