Encrypting Drives; Erase Data On The Terastation Completely - Buffalo TeraStation 1000 User Manual

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The "Confirm Operation" screen will open. Enter the confirmation number, then click OK.
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Depending on the size of your drive, the format may take several minutes or several hours to complete.
"Formatting" will be displayed in NAS Navigator2 until the format is complete.
Notes:
• Do not turn off or disconnect power to the TeraStation while formatting a hard drive.
• For drives of 2.2 TB or larger, make sure that the "GPT Partition" checkbox is selected.

Encrypting Drives

Internal drives (and arrays) can be encrypted with 128-bit AES during formatting. Encrypted drives and arrays are
then readable only from that specific TeraStation. To unencrypt a drive or array, uncheck "Encryption" and format it
again.

Erase Data on the TeraStation Completely

Under some circumstances, data from formatted drives can be recovered. The disk erasure process in this section
does a much more thorough job of erasing data. This procedure is recommended for removing all data from a drive
in a way that makes it nearly impossible to recover with current tools. All data on the drives is completely erased.
The TeraStation will then be in the following state:
• All drives in JBOD
• An empty shared folder on each drive
• All settings returned to their default values
• All logs deleted
To run the complete format, all drives should be inserted into the drive slots.
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