Installation guide
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- A Mac utility is provided with G-RAID mini2 to select the RAID mode. Follow the directions below to configure G-RAID mini2 in fail-safe RAID 1 (mirroring) mode.
- NOTE: G-RAID mini ships from the factory in RAID 0 mode.
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- WARNING: Changing the RAID level will erase any data stored on G-RAID mini.
- A Windows utility is provided with G-RAID mini to select the RAID mode. Follow the directions below to configure G-RAID mini2 in fail-safe RAID 1 (mirroring) mode.
- NOTE: G-RAID mini2 ships from the factory in RAID 0 mode.
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- WARNING: Changing the RAID level will erase any data stored on G-RAID mini2.
G-RAID mini
2
Installation Guide
12. Formatting G-RAID mini
2
- Windows
Follow the instructions below to format G-RAID
mini
2
for use under Windows.
NOTE: G-RAID mini ships from the factory in RAID 0 mode.
If you are running Windows and wish to set up G-RAID mini
in fail-safe RAID 1 mode, please refer to section 12 of this
guide prior to formatting the unit.
1. Power on G-RAID mini
2
, wait 10 seconds, then
power on your computer.
2. Open the Disk Management utility by right-
clicking on the My Computer icon on the desktop
and selecting “Manage” from the drop down
menu as shown below.
3. The Computer Management console will appear
as shown below. Click on “Disk Management” in
the left-hand panel. G-RAID mini
2
is identified as
Disk 1 in this example.
Right click on Disk 1 and select Initialize Disk
from the pull-down menu as shown. The window
shown below will appear.
4. Click on the <OK> button to continue.