SimpleTech SimpleShare - Manual (Page 68)

54 Managing SimpleShare Foreign and
C LAIMING F OREIGN D ISK FOR
S IMPLE S HARE
Claiming a disk places the disk under the exclusive control of
SimpleShare and allows you to manage the disk using
SimpleShare Administrator. Once SimpleShare claims a disk
it is no longer readable by Windows or Mac OS computers and
any data that existed on the drive is destroyed.
1 In the Disk Management menu, click Basic.
2 Select Show Disk Details.
3 Click the button located to the right of the Foreign
disk you want to claim.
Claiming a disk destroys the data on the disk. If you have
important data on the drive, create a backup.
The Show Disk Details checkbox is located at the bottom of
the Disk Management page. It may be necessary to use the
scroll bar to see the checkbox.
Claim