Formatting Drives - Buffalo LinkStation 200 Series User Manual

Chapter 4 Storage Management
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Select the drive or array to test and click Check Disk.
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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. See the "Erasing Data on the LinkStation Completely" section below.
• 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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