Changing The Raid Mode - Buffalo LinkStation 500 User Manual

Chapter 5 Disk Manager
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Click Delete.
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Two different warnings will be displayed. Read them carefully and click Yes for both.
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Format the drive by referring to the
Once JBOD is configured, the default shared folders will automatically be created only on the drive that is initially
formatted. Create a shared folder on the other drives by referring to the
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Changing the RAID Mode

To change the RAID mode, first put the drives into JBOD by referring to the
the procedure below.
Note: You can also configure the RAID settings, including changing the RAID mode, using the initial setup wizard,
but you will lose all settings on the LinkStation.
To launch the initial setup wizard, initialize the LinkStation settings from System Settings > Reset, then follow the
procedure on the screen to finish changing the RAID mode.
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From Settings, click Disk Manager (
"Formatting Drives" section below.
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"Adding a Shared Folder"
"Using JBOD" section above. Then, follow
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