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Select when to run the scan and click OK.
Notes:
• Select the "Immediately" checkbox to run a RAID scan immediately.
• To stop a RAID scan, click Cancel RAID Scan.
Adding an External 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" in Explorer, where "x" is the USB port where the drive is
connected.
Compatibility
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)
Buffalo external USB drives are recommended.
Supported file systems for external drives are below:
• FAT32
• EXT3
• XFS
• NTFS
• HFS Plus (read-only)
• exFAT
Connect only one device to each USB port of the TeraStation. Note that only the first partition of a connected USB
drive is mounted. Additional partitions are not recognized.
Notes:
• Backup data from macOS 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 your USB 3.0 drive is not reconfigured after rebooting the TeraStation, unplug and reconnect it.
• When copying a file that is over 100 MB to a FAT32-formatted USB drive using File Explorer, an error message may
be displayed. In such a case, use an FTP or SFTP connection to copy the file.
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