Formatting Hard Drives - Buffalo TS-XL User Manual

Formatting Hard Drives

Formatting of hard drives is done in the
System/Storage area of the Web Admin Tool.
To format hard drives, select the hard drive(s)
that you want to format and click on Format
Disk.
During a format, you have the option of
encrypting the hard drive or array. Checking
Encryption will encrypt the drive or array with
128 bit AES encryption. The drive will operate
normally in the TeraStation, but will not be
accessible if removed and connected to a
different device.
Note that if you use encryption and a drive is
damaged or fails, data recovery services will
probably not be able to recover any data from
the failed drive. If the drive is part of a RAID
1 or RAID 5 array, you can replace the failed
drive with a new drive and restore the array
normally.