User guide

Instruction Manual
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Using the Storage Device
Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
If you are using brand new hard drives that do not contain any data, or after changing
between RAID Modes, then you will rst need to prepare the hard drive for use before
you can write data to them. From the main desktop, right-click on “My Computer”
(“Computer” in Vista/7), then select Manage. In the new Computer Management
window, select Disk Management from the left window panel.
Locate the Disk that says it is “Unallocated” (check hard drive capacity to conrm it’s
the correct hard drive) and then right-click in the section that says “Unallocated” and
select “New Partition”.