Erase Data On The Terastation Completely - Buffalo TeraStation 5000 User Manual

• If the TeraStation fails to boot after drive 1 or 2 is replaced, remove any media cartridges, then replace them
after the TeraStation has booted.

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
If you remove a drive and then erase all data on the TeraStation, the LCD will show the E22 error message and the
number of the removed drive. You can still use the TeraStation.
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In Settings, click Management.
2
Click to the right of "Restore/Erase".
3
Click Erase TeraStation.
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