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Notes:
• Normally, making and using the system initialization drive will not affect data on the TeraStation. However, always
back up your data regularly!
• This USB drive can be used to recover the system if your TeraStation doesn't boot at all. In this case, if the data
partition is damaged, then all your data will be deleted by the recovery process.
1
Insert a 1 GB or larger USB drive (not included) into a USB 2.0 port on the TeraStation.
Note: All data on the USB drive will be erased!
2
In Settings, click Management.
3
Click
to the right of "Restore/Erase".
4
From "Target USB drive", select the USB drive that is connected to the USB 2.0 port on the TeraStation.
5
Select "Create a USB drive for initializing settings", then click Execute.
6
The "Confirm Operation" screen will open. Enter the confirmation number, then click OK.
7
The TeraStation will create the initialization drive. This will take about a minute. When creating the USB
initialization drive is finished, click OK.
Dismount the USB drive before unplugging it. See the "Dismounting Drives" section in chapter 4 for the procedure
on dismounting drives.
Initializing with the USB Drive
To initialize the settings on your TeraStation with the USB drive as created above, follow the procedure below.
Note: If using the initialization drive to initialize, the unit's current firmware version will be changed to the version
used to create the initialization drive.
1
Create a USB "initialization drive" as described above.
2
Insert the USB drive into a USB 2.0 port on the TeraStation. Make sure that no other USB drives are connected
to any USB ports on the TeraStation.
3
Set the boot mode switch to "USB".
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