Adding An External Hard Drive; Dismounting Drives - Buffalo TeraStation TS4800D User Manual

Adding an External Hard Drive

Connecting an External Drive
Your TeraStation includes USB ports (the number of ports depends on your model), and you can connect external
drives to these ports. Once connected they appear as shared folders on the TeraStation. Formatted drives are detected
automatically. Unformatted drives should be formatted in Settings.
After a USB drive is recognized, Windows adds "usbdisk X" under the TeraStation in "Network", where "X" is the USB port
where the hard drive is connected.
The following USB devices are supported by the TeraStation:
• USB storage devices
• Card readers (except for card readers that can recognize two or more memory cards)
• Digital cameras
• USB-connected UPSs
• USB printers
Buffalo external USB drives are recommended.
These devices are not supported:
• DUB and DIU series drives
• Hubs, mice, and keyboards
Connect only one device to each USB port of the TeraStation. Some external drives with automatic power-on don't
turn on automatically when connected to the TeraStation. Use their manual power switch to turn them on. Be sure
to connect only one bus-powered drive at a time. If there is insufficient bus power for your USB drive, connect its AC
adapter. Note that only the first partition of a connected USB hard drive is mounted. Additional partitions are not
recognized. Do not connect bus-powered devices to the TS4200D.
Notes:
• Hubs are not supported. Connect a single USB drive to each USB port.
• Backup data from Mac OS may include characters that cannot be written to FAT16 or FAT32 drives such as ".DS_
Store". For best results, reformat the drive before using it as a backup target.
• If an external USB drive is configured as a target for TeraStation backup, the drive should be formatted with ext3,
XFS, or FAT32. Do not use an NTFS-formatted drive as a backup target or unexpected behavior may result.
• If your USB 3.0 hard drive is not reconfigured after rebooting the TeraStation, unplug and reconnect it.

Dismounting Drives

If the TeraStation is powered on, dismount drives (internal and external) before unplugging them. You may dismount
external drives with the function button, or any drive from Settings. If the TeraStation is off, then all drives are already
dismounted and may be unplugged safely.
Dismounting with the Function Button
Hold down the function button for 8 seconds. The function button will light up blue for 30 seconds as your USB drives
are dismounted. When the dismount is finished, the function button's LED will turn off, then come back on. You may
now unplug any USB drives safely.
Note: After 60 seconds, the function LED will go out and any drives that have not yet been unplugged will be
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