Chapter 4 Storage Management
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Click Check. You have the option of deleting information files from macOS during the check if desired.
Formatting Drives
Notes:
• Under some circumstances, data deleted when a drive is formatted can be recovered. To ensure that data is "gone
forever", a format might not be sufficient. Refer to the
• After a drive is formatted, the "% Used" and "Amount Used" in Settings will not be 0. This is because some drive
space is used for the system area.
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From Advanced Settings, click Drives.
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Click Drives to format an internal drive or USB Drives to format an external drive.
"Erasing Data on the LinkStation Completely"
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section below.