Prepare Disk Status |
This can have any of the following values:
- No Installed No disk is inserted, or connection or disk has failed.
- Not Prepared Disk has been detected, but it is not ready for use. Use the "Prepare Disk" button to prepare the disk for use.
- Preparing This message will only be displayed after you have clicked the "Prepare Disk" button. (See below for details of this button.)
- Prepared Disk is ready for use.
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S.M.A.R.T. Status |
This can have any of the following values:
- N/A No disk is available.
- Not Tested No S.M.A.R.T. check has been performed on this drive.
- Test OK No errors were found in the last test.
- Errors The S.M.A.R.T. check found errors on the drive. If this happens a few times, the disk should be replaced.
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Scandisk Status |
This can have any of the following values:
- N/A No disk is available.
- No Scan performed No Scandisk has been performed recently on this drive.
- Scandisk in progress Scandisk operation is in progress. The disk cannot be used while a Scandisk is in progress. If required, use the "Stop/Stop" button to terminate the Scandisk operation and gain access to data on the diks. (To see the results of the Scandisk operation, use the "View Disk Log" button.)
- Scandisk completed The last Scandisk operation has been completed. You can use the "View Disk Log" button to view the results.
- Scandisk terminated The last Scandisk operation was cancelled by the Administrator before it was completed.
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Run Scandisk |
Use these fields to set up a schedule to run Scandisk regularly, if desired. The available options are:
- Never - Scandisk will not be scheduled to run.
- Every Day - select this to have scandisk run each day, at the specified time.
- Every Monday, Every Tuesday, ... &bnsp; Select this to have the scandisk run once per week, on the specified day.
Use the time fields ( hour, minute, am/pm ) to specify when the scandisk operation should be performed.
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Prepare Disk |
Use this button to start preparing the disk. This will partition and quick-format the new disk.
WARNING ! This will destroy any data on the disk. Once started, this process can NOT be halted or reversed. |
S.M.A.R.T. |
- Run Check - Select the day and time you wish the S.M.A.R.T. check to be done. (Select "Never" if you don't wish the S.M.A.R.T. check to be performed automatically.)
- Check S.M.A.R.T. Now - Click this button to run the S.M.A.R.T. check immediately. The check will take no more than a few minutes.
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Scandisk |
- Start/Stop - If a Scandisk is in progress, click this button to terminate the Scandisk immediately. Otherwise, clicking the button will start the Scandisk. The Scandisk could take a few hours, and the disk is unavailable to users while the Scandisk is in progress.
- Run Scandisk - Select the day and time you wish the Scandisk to be done. (Select "Never" if you don't wish the Scandisk to be performed automatically.)
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Standby |
Use the "Set Hard Disk to standby mode.. " setting to determine if and when the hard disk drives should be switched to "Standby" mode. |
Other Buttons |
- Save - Save the settings on this screen. This has no effect on any operations in progress.
- Cancel - Restore the settings on the screen to their values after the last "Save" operation. Clicking "Cancel" has NO EFFECT on any operations in progress.
- View Disk Log - Use this to view the results of a S.M.A.R.T. check and/or Scandisk operation.
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