Buffalo Technology TSXE80TLR5 Chapter Adding an External Hard Drive, Connect an External Drive

Chapter 4

Adding an External Hard Drive

Connect an External Drive

Your TeraStation includes 2 USB connectors (3 if it’s a TS-RXL). You can connect a Buffalo external hard drive to it for backup or extra storage.

Connect the external drive as shown below. If the hard drive is already formatted, it will be detected automatically. If it is not formatted, format it from within the Web Admin interface (page 28).

One external hard drive may be connected to each USB port on the TeraStation. USB hubs are not supported.

Warning! Do not unplug the drive from the TeraStation without dismounting it first. Turn to page 30 for directions on dismounting a connected drive.

TS-XL, TS-XEL	TS-RXL
		USB Connector
		(Series A)	TS-RXL Series
USB Connector
			USB Cable
			(not included)
Buffalo	External
Hard Drive
(not included)
USB Cable
(not included)
	Rack	USB Connector	Buffalo External
			Hard Drive
		(Series B)
TS-WXL	(not included)		(not included)

USB Connector

Buffalo External Hard Drive (not included)

A third hard drive can be connected to the USB connector on the front panel of the TS-RXL TeraStation if the front panel is removed.

USB Cable (not included)

If the drive properly connected, usbdiskX is added to the TeraStation’s shares on the network, where X is the # of the drive.

•Note: Files that are automatically created by Mac OS X cannot be backed up to a FAT 32 drive because they contain characters that are not allowed in FAT 32.

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