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Hydra 800+
If the drive does not
appear, make
sure
the drivers are
installed properly
and the power i
s on.
Mac OS can n
ot
write to NTFS
fo
rmatted drives. To
u
se your device on
b
oth platforms, we
re
commend using
F
AT32.
If the total cap
acity
exceeds 2TB, make
sure the 2TB switch
is set to po
sition B
and it will
automatically split
the volumes (A+B /
C+D).
Partitioning & Formatting
Be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the dr
so make sure you have a ba
re
quired the first time you install a factory new hard drive, if you
change the RAID mode or want to erase all data on your drive.
PC run
ning Windows
F
or Windows, use the disk management program:
• Right click on "My Computer" and choose "
• Select "Disk Management"
• Choose the drive you want to fo
further commands (Choose New Partition)
•
Follow the Partition Wizard to setup the drive
For Win2000, WinXP and Windows Vista, we recommend
formatting the drive using the NTFS file system.
If you are using the FAT32 file system to format the drive on
Win2000, WinXP or Windows Vista, the biggest single partition
you can create will be 32GB. To create larger partitions, you
rd
need to use a 3
party application or change to NTFS format.
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Chapter 3 - System Set Up
ckup! This step is usually only
Manage"
rmat and right click on it for
ive,
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