5-Host Computer Setup
3. Volume Setup on Microsoft Windows Vista/7/2008
Installation on a Windows system requires a Windows Installation with a properly installed and configured respective host bus.
3.1Open the disk management console. To open Disk Management, click the Windows Start menu orb. In the search box type diskmgmt.msc, and press enter.
A list of the attached drives and their respective volumes will appear. Each Volume set will appear as an individual disk in the management console. Upon the first time the RAIDBank5 is connected, a “Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard” should appear when the disk management console is run. You may use the Wizard to set up the volume, or follow the next steps for manual configuration.
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initialized for use in your system, it will be denoted by a red down arrow on its disk icon | . |
Right click on the disk and select “Initialize Disk.” Windows will prompt you to choose a partition style. Choose GPT for volumes larger then 2TB, or MBR for smaller volumes.
Note: The GPT Partition style is not recognized by all previous versions of Windows, and is required for proper addressing of volumes larger than 2TB. If you intend to use a volume on older versions of Windows, consider creating multiple smaller volumes partitioned in the MBR partition style.
3.3Right click the initialized volume (The area right of the disk icon.) In the context menu, select “New Simple Volume.” Follow the on screen instructions. In the File System
format. A Full format will take about
complete, your RAIDBank5 is ready to use.
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