Existing Thawspace; Always Thaw External Hard Drives - FARONICS DEEP FREEZE ENTERPRISE Manual

3. Select the ThawSpace storage unit in MB or GB.
4. Select the Host Drive.
— The Host Drive is the drive where the ThawSpace is created.
— The storage required for the ThawSpace is used from the total storage available on the Host
5. Select Visible or Hidden from the Visibility drop-down.
— If you select Visible, the drive will be visible in Windows Explorer.
— If you select Hidden, the drive will not be visible in Windows Explorer.
— However, the hidden drive can be accessed by typing the drive letter in Start>Run.
6. Click Add to add the ThawSpace.
Removing a ThawSpace
To remove a ThawSpace, select the ThawSpace and click Remove. The ThawSpace is removed and
the drive letter is now added back to the Drive Letter drop-down. Click Remove All to remove all
the ThawSpaces.
Example
In the above screen, a ThawSpace of 16 MB is created on the Host Drive C: and the ThawSpace is
designated with the drive letter T:. The ThawSpace T: is set to Visible and can be accessed via the
Windows Explorer.

Existing ThawSpace

The Retain existing Thawspace check box is selected by default to prevent ThawSpaces created
during previous installations from being deleted.
A dialog is always displayed asking if the ThawSpace should be retained or deleted during an
Attended Uninstall, regardless of whether Retain existing ThawSpace has been selected. This
option is not displayed if the uninstall is performed through the Enterprise Console.

Always Thaw External Hard Drives

The Always Thaw External Hard Drives pane has two check boxes, USB and IEEE 1934
(FireWire) and both check boxes are selected by default. This ensures that the USB or IEEE 1934
(FireWire) hard drives are always Thawed.
If the USB and/or IEEE 1394 (FireWire) external hard drives check boxes are cleared, the drive is
Frozen or Thawed according to the letter each drive mounts to in the Frozen Drives section.
Network drives and removable media drives (floppy, memory keys, CD-RW, etc.) are not affected
by Deep Freeze and therefore cannot be Frozen.
Drive.
It is recommended to assign Drive Letters towards the end of the alphabet (X, Y,
Z) in order to avoid automatic reassignment when a removable drive is
unplugged.
Drives Tab
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