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Chapter 4 Storage Management
4 Click [Check]. You have the option of deleting information files from macOS during the check if desired.
Formatting Drives
Notes:
• Under some circumstances, data deleted when a drive is formatted can be recovered. To ensure that data is
“gone forever”, a format might not be sufficient. Instead, refer to the “Erasing Data on the LinkStation Completely”
section below.
• After a drive is formatted, the “% Used” and “Amount Used” in Settings will not be 0. This is because some drive
space is used for the system area.
1 From Advanced Settings, click [Drives].
2 Click [Drives] to format an internal drive or [USB Drives] to format an external drive.