Drobo storage system User Manual page 12

Formatting Drives Using Windows Disk
Management Utility
Using virtualization technology, Drobo does not require you to format each and every drive added to Drobo. After the
initial format, when you add new hard drives, or upsize existing drives with larger ones, Drobo will automatically format the
new drives for you until the actual capacity is greater than the volume size. When this occurs an additional pool of
storage is created. When this new pool is created, Drobo will guide you through the process of formatting this new
volume. Only the added drives will be formatted, not the existing drives already in Drobo.
1. Right click on My Computer, and then select Manage to display the Computer Management Window.
2. Click Disk Management. On the right-side of the console, the formatted and unformatted disks are displayed.
Drobo should appear at the bottom of the console with the following characteristics: Unknown, 2048 GB, and
Not Initialized.
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