Western Digital TS4400D manual

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    Th e TS 4 0 0 0 s er ie s wi ll n ot wor k wi th ou t di sks . Pl ea se p re pa r e 1 or mo re u n -p ar ti t io ne d HDD s fo r th e s etu p p ro ce ss . Us e eit h er n ew HD D(s) or d el et e al l pa r t it i on s (an d th e re for e al l da t a) wi t h a pa r t it i on e di tor b ef or e you st a r t w it h ex is ti ng H DD (s). Step by step 1.[...]

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    Setup Guide T eraStation ™ 4000 www .buf falo-technology .com 6. The T eraStation ™ will sh ut down a nd the Power but ton will no long er be li t gree n. The disp lay and Info lig ht stay on. 7. Re move the USB adapter , move the switch on the back to HDD , pre ss the power bu tton If you use just o ne dr ive you will have a brief wa rnin g fo[...]

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    Setup Guide T eraStation ™ 4000 www .buf falo-technology .com 9. For mat all unfor mat ted HDDs v ia the admin i nter face. Onc e format ting is com pleted the status in the ad min page w ill ch ange to ‘Format ted’ ple ase wait to see this b efore continui ng, depe nding o n HDD capa cit y this co uld take app roximately 8 minu tes per dr iv[...]

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    Setup Guide T eraStation ™ 4000 10 . Af ter format ting, the Raid o ption is availabl e. Please n ot e: the setup proce ss will not au tomatically c reate Raid. Once a ll your dr ives a re format ted, ple ase cre ate the Raid or Rai d Ar ray that best su it your ne eds. 10 a . Af ter creating Ra id 1 , 5, 6, 1 0 (av ail abili t y depe ndin g on n[...]