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4 Click Edit.

5 Select when to run the scan and click OK.

Notes:

• Select the “Immediately” checkbox to run a RAID scan immediately.

• To stop a RAID scan, click Cancel RAID Scan.

Adding an External Drive

Connecting an External Drive

Your LinkStation includes a USB port and you can connect an external drive to this port. Once connected, it appears

as a shared folder on the LinkStation. Formatted drives are detected automatically. Unformatted drives should be

formatted in Settings.

After a USB drive is recognized, Windows adds “usbdisk x” in File Explorer, where “x” is the USB port which the drive is

connected.

Note: Backup data from macOS may include characters that cannot be written to FAT16 or FAT32 drives such as

“.DS_Store”. For best results, reformat the drive before using it as a backup target.

Compatibility

The following devices are supported by the LinkStation:

• USB storage devices

• Card readers (except for card readers that can recognize two or more memory cards)

Buffalo external USB drives are recommended but DUB and DIU series drives are not supported.

Supported file systems for external drives are below:

• FAT32

• Ext3

• XFS

• NTFS

• HFS Plus (read-only)

Connect only one device to a USB port of the LinkStation. Some external drives with automatic power-on don’t turn

on automatically when connected to the LinkStation. Use their manual switch to turn them on. Be sure to connect

only one bus-powered drive at a time. If there is insufficient bus power for your USB drive, connect its AC adapter.

Note that only the first partition of a connected USB drive is mounted. Additional partitions are not recognized.

Chapter 4 Storage Management