Buffalo Hd-patu3 User manual

HD-PATU3

User Manual

Formatting with HFS+ (Mac OS Extended Format)

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Specications

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Formatting with NTFS (Windows)

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2HD-PATU3UserManual

Specications

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CheckBuffalo'swebsite(www.buffalotech.com)

forinformationaboutthelatestproductsor

compatiblemodels.

Interface Thunderbolt/USB3.0(USB2.0)

Connector*

Thunderbolt

USB3.0Micro-B

Transferspeed Thunderbolt:10GbpsMaximum

USB3.0:5GbpsMaximum*

USB2.0:480MbpsMaximum*

Factorydefaults HFS+(MacOSExtendedformat)

Externaldimensions

(excludingprotrudingparts) 80.5×130×22.5mm

Powerconsumption Thunderbolt 10WMaximum

USB 4.5WMaximum

CompatibleOS Thunderbolt MacOSX10.6orlater

(modelswithIntelProcessor)

USB2.0

MacOSX10.5orlater

(modelswithIntelProcessor)

WindowsXP(32-bit)

WindowsVista(64-bitor32-bit)

Windows7(64-bitor32-bit)

USB3.0

WindowsXP(32-bit)

WindowsVista(64-bitor32-bit)

Windows7(64-bitor32-bit)

DonotconnecttheThunderboltcableandtheUSBcablesimultaneously.

ConnecttheHD-PATU3toaUSB3.0portforthebesttransferspeeds.TheHD-PATU3willfunctionwhen

connectedtoaUSB2.0/1.1port,butdatatransferwillbemuchslower.

Outofthebox,theHD-PATU3ispreformattedforusewithMacOS.TouseitwithWindows,pleasereformat

withNTFS.

LED

Power On On

Access Blinking

Power

O󱐯

LED

Caution

Never disconnect the HD-PATU3 while its LED is blinking.

HD-PATU3UserManual

Format Types

NTFS le system FAT32 le system HFS+

(Mac OS Extended format)

Mac OS X 10.5 and later △○◎

Windows 7/Vista/XP

◎○－

◎: Both reading and writing are supported.

○: Both reading and writing are supported (cannot handle les larger than 4 GB).

△: Only reading is supported. Writing is not supported.

－: Not supported. (Hard drive is not recognized.)

4HD-PATU3 UserManual

Formatting with HFS+ (Mac OS Extended Format)

This describes the procedure for formatting this product with the Mac OS Extended format.

• Windows computers don’t support Mac OS Extended format. To use the drive with

Windows computers, use a dierent format instead, such as NTFS or FAT32.

• Some drives don’t support multiple partitions. If yours is one of them, use only a single

partition on the drive.

• For more details on Mac OS Extended, consult your Mac OS Help.

1Click to select the Finder.

4① Click the disk to be formatted.

②Check the information for the

disk to be formatted. Make sure

that this is the correct drive that

you want to format!

Select [Go]-[Utilities].

Double-click [Disk Utility].

HD-PATU3UserManual

This completes the formatting process for this product. Exit the Disk Utility.

If "Do you want to use Volume_name to back up with Time Machine?" is displayed, you may

click [Use as Backup Disk] and Time Machine will use the drive for backup. If you don't want to

use it as a dedicated backup drive, click [Cancel].

① Select [Mac OS Extended

(Journaled)].

② Click [Apply].

Click [Apple Partition Map].

① Click [Partition].

③ Click [Options].

② Select [1 Partition].

Select the number of partitions that

you want to create on the drive.

Click [Partition].

6HD-PATU3UserManual

Formatting with NTFS (Windows)

Follow the procedure below to format your drive with NTFS.

Caution

This product cannot be upgraded to a dynamic disk.

For details about dynamic disks, refer to Windows Help.

1Start the computer, and log on with a user having administrator privileges (such

as the Administrator).

Click [Start] → Right-click [Computer (My Computer)], and click [Manage] in the

pop-up menu.

When using Windows 7, after "Do you want to allow the following program to make

changes to this computer?" appears, click [Yes].

When using Windows Vista, after "Windows needs your permission to continue"

appears, click [Continue].

If the drive assigned to this product appears as "Unallocated", proceed to step 8.

Click [Disk Management].

Check the drive assigned to this product.

Be careful! If you select the wrong drive, all

data on it will be erased.

Caution

Windows 7

Windows Vista

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The unallocated space is displayed.

①Right-click the unallocated space.

② Click [New Simple Volume].

①Right-click the space assigned to this

product.

②Click [Delete Volume].

Click [Yes].

Click [Next].

Windows XP

[New Partition] in Windows XP

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Caution

If this product does not have any partitions, do not insert a check mark for

［Perform

a quick format]. If a check mark is inserted, the formatting process may not be

completed normally.

①Click [Assign the following drive letter],

and specify the drive letter.

Unless you need to change to a specic setting, use the

default setting.

② Click [Next].

① Specify the size in

[Simple volume size]

([Partition size] or

［Amount of disk space

to use]).

If the size does not need to be changed, the partition is

created at the default setting (maximum size).

② Click [Next].

① Click to select [Format the volume

(partition) with the following settings].

Unless there is a particular problem with [Allocation unit size], use the default setting.

Enter information for [Volume label] if necessary.

③ After setting each option, click [Next].

② Select [NTFS].

Procedure when the screens below are displayed

① Click to select [Primary Partition].

② Click [Next].

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Formatting will begin. Progress is displayed as a percentage.

Memo

To abort the format, right-click the partition and click [Cancel Format].

If the message “The request cannot be completed because the volume is open or

in use” is displayed:

The partition was created, but the format didn’t complete. Click [OK] to format the created

partition as described below.

1Right-click the created partition and select [Format].

If necessary, set the volume label and le system, and click [OK].

Note: If [Perform a quick format] is checked, the format will be completed much

quicker.

3After this, follow the on-screen messages.

This completes the formatting process.

Note: To divide the drive into multiple partitions, repeat steps 10-14 for each partition.

If the formatting process was completed

normally, [Healthy] is displayed in

addition to the volume label and

partition.

Click [Finish].

HD-PATU3

Bedienungsanleitung

Formatierung mit HFS+ (Mac OS Extended-Format)

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Spezikationen

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Formatierung mit NTFS (Windows)

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