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D
is
k
Uti
l
it
y
Enter t
h
is screen
by
se
l
ectin
g
Contro
l
Pane
l
/ Maintenance / Dis
k
Uti
l
it
y
. You
w
ill be presented with a table that lists the status o
f
all detected storage
devices. The fi rst device listed (“/dev/hda/”) will be the main data
p
artition
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 o
f
the table
.
From this table, you have the option to per
f
orm the
f
ollowing actions on a
s
p
ecifi c stora
g
e device usin
g
the buttons
p
rovided:
Fo
rmat
The hard drive is pre
f
ormatted at the
f
actory as FAT32. I
f
you want to
change the
f
ormat to EXT2 or EXT3, make your selection
f
rom the pull-
d
own menu, an
d
p
ress
Fo
rma
t
.
The FAT32 format is the most fl exible format, since it allows
y
ou to use the
drive with either the USB-B or Ethernet inter
f
ace. Alternatively, i
f
you plan to
use your drive only with Ethernet, you can realize the
f
ollowing bene
fi
ts by
reformattin
g
to EXT2 or EXT3
:
Faster
d
ata t
h
rou
ghp
ut
•
A
b
i
l
it
y
to a
ll
ocate user stora
g
e
q
uota
s
•
Prevent
p
assword-
p
rotected folders from bein
g
accessed via a
•
U
SB-B connection
Re
g
ar
d
in
g
auxi
l
iar
y
stora
g
e
d
evices attac
h
e
d
to
y
our USB-A
p
ort,
y
ou ma
y
fi
nd that you need to re
f
ormat your device to FAT32 using Disk Utility be
f
ore
y
our device will mount
p
ro
p
erl
y
usin
g
the NAS drive
.
S
can
Pr
ess
t
he
Scan button if
y
ou would like to scan
y
our disk for errors
.
U
nmount
Press the
U
nmoun
t
button i
f
you would like to unmount the auxiliary
stora
g
e device. This button is disabled for the
p
rimar
y
hard disk
.
Caution: Formattin
g
t
h
e
d
rive wi
ll
d
e
l
ete a
ll
d
ata
f
rom your drive and will reset all settings to
f
actor
y
default. Use extreme care to
p
rotect an
y
p
reviousl
y
stored data be
f
ore re
f
ormattin
g
y
our drive.