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Parameter
Description
Current Disk
Select the hard disk drive that you want to test.
Run Short Self-Test
Start a basic self test on the hard disk drive.
Run Extended
Self-Test
Start an extended self test on the hard disk drive. It will
take long time.
Auto Partition & Format
This function will build partition and format the attached storage device according to
the following rules.
Warning: The data originally stored in the attached storage device will completely
disappear after you doing “Auto Partition & Format” even if you stop it before the job
is nished.
The rules of internal HDD and external USB storage device are different :
Internal SATA hard disk drive (includes RAID mode):
1. It creates a single partition with the size of the whole SATA disk drive or the
whole RAID virtual hard disk drive.
2. It formats the created partition by EXT2 format.
External USB mass storage device:
1. If the size of the USB mass storage device is larger than 160GB, it divides the USB
mass storage device into several 160GB partitions. The size of the last partition may
be less than 160GB. Otherwise, it creates a single partition with the size of the whole
USB mass storage device.
2. If formats all the created partitions by FAT32 format.
Note: During the process, user can click the “Stop” button to stop the job before it is
nished and back to Storage tools page to add or remove partition manually.
Add a Partition
You can create a new partition in the attached storage device and format it.
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