Taurus Group DUAL BAY STORAGE S2 - Manual (Page 13)

Taurus S2 User Guide
If the drive does not
sure
s on.
appear, make
the drivers are
installed properly
and the power i
Mac OS can n
write to NTFS
ot
rmatted drives. To
se your device on
oth platforms, we
commend using
AT32.
fo
u
b
re
F
, When using the BIG
FAST or SAFE
mode, only one
volume will be
visible instead of
two separate drives.
Partitioning & Formatting
To access volumes
over 2TB, a 64 bit
Operating System
is required.
,
usually only
quired the first time you install a factory new hard drive, if you
ning Windows
or Windows, use the disk management program:
Manage”
rmat and right click on it for
Follow the Partition Wizard to setup the drive
Be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the drive
so make sure you have a backup! This step is
re
change the RAID mode or want to erase all data on your drive.
PC run
F
• Right click on “My Computer” and choose “
• Select “Disk Management”
• Choose the drive you want to fo
further commands (Choose New Partition)
•
For Win2000, WinXP and Windows Vista, we recommend
formatting the drive using the NTFS file system.
If you are using the FAT32 file system to format the drive on
Win2000, WinXP or Windows Vista, the biggest single partition
you can create will be 32GB. To create larger partitions, you
need to use a 3
rd
party application or change to NTFS format.
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