Formatting With Ntfs (Windows) - Buffalo HDW-PDU3 MiniStation Air Reference Manual

Formatting with NTFS (Windows)

The MiniStation Air is formatted with NTFS by default.
If the drive has been formatted with FAT32 to use with a Mac and you want to reformat with NTFS, follow the
procedure below.
1
Connect the MiniStation to your computer with the supplied USB data cable.
2
Click Start. Right-click Computer (My Computer) and select Manage.
If the "User Account Control" window opens, select Yes or Continue.
Note: For Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8, and Windows RT, follow the procedure below:
Switch to desktop mode. Click
3
Click Disk Management.
4
Right-click the disk area assigned to the MiniStation Air and select Delete Volume.
Notes:
• Formatting will erase all data on the disk. Don't format the wrong disk!
• If the disk assigned to the MiniStation Air appears as "Unallocated", proceed to step 6.
on the taskbar. Right-click This PC and select Manage.
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