Verbatim External Hard Drive NAS manual Disk Utility, Format

Disk Utility

Enter this screen by selecting Control Panel / Maintenance / Disk Utility. You will be presented with a table that lists the status of all detected storage devices. The first device listed (“/dev/hda/”) will be the main data partition 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 of the table.

From this table, you have the option to perform the following actions on a specific storage device using the buttons provided:

Format

The hard drive is preformatted at the factory as FAT32. If you want to change the format to EXT2 or EXT3, make your selection from the pull- down menu, and press Format

Caution: Formatting the drive will delete all data from your drive and will reset all settings to factory default. Use extreme care to protect any previously stored data before reformatting your drive.

The FAT32 format is the most flexible format, since it allows you to use the drive with either the USB-B or Ethernet interface. Alternatively, if you plan to use your drive only with Ethernet, you can realize the following benefits by reformatting to EXT2 or EXT3:

•Faster data throughput

•Ability to allocate user storage quotas

•Prevent password-protected folders from being accessed via a USB-B connection

Regarding auxiliary storage devices attached to your USB-A port, you may find that you need to reformat your device to FAT32 using Disk Utility before your device will mount properly using the NAS drive.

Scan

Press the Scan button if you would like to scan your disk for errors.

Unmount

Press the Unmount button if you would like to unmount the auxiliary storage device. This button is disabled for the primary hard disk.

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