CONFIGURING SETTINGS
134
WD MY CLOUD EX4 PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE
USER MANUAL
Formatting Your Disk
Use the following steps to format the disks on your WD My Cloud EX4 device.
1. In the Format Disk area, select the volume you’d like to format from the pull-down menu.
2. Click
Format Disk
.
3. Review the confirmation message, place a check in the check box, then click
OK
. Your
WD My Cloud EX4 is formatted
Notifications
The WD My Cloud EX4 device provides notifications about various events, such as firmware
updates, the success of a firmware installations, system shutdowns, etc. Notifications
display in a the Alert area at the top of the screen and are also available by email, depending
on how your device is configured (for additional information on Alerts, see “Managing Alerts”
on page 31).
The Notification section of the page allows you to set up email addresses for up to five users
who will receive notifications, set up SMS alert messages for mobile devices, and set the
level of alert for which you will be notified.
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.
