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<p>Created page with &quot;Manually format drives before adding them to DrivePool. ==When to Use== If you want to manually format a raw drive that should be added to the pool. ==Steps== # Follow: [[Stabl...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Manually format drives before adding them to DrivePool.<br /> <br /> ==When to Use==<br /> If you want to manually format a raw drive that should be added to the pool.<br /> <br /> ==Steps==<br /> # Follow: [[StableBit_DrivePool_Q7200705|Q7200705]]<br /> # Open &#039;&#039;&#039;Server Management&#039;&#039;&#039; from the Start menu.<br /> # Navigate to &#039;&#039;&#039;Storage&#039;&#039;&#039; -&gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;Disk Management&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> # (optional) If the drive already has a volume on it, delete it. Before deleting any existing volumes, make sure that they don&#039;t have any data on them that you would like to keep.<br /> # Right click on the un-formatted drive in the bottom pane and click &#039;&#039;&#039;New Simple Volume...&#039;&#039;&#039; -&gt; Click &#039;&#039;&#039;Next&#039;&#039;&#039; -&gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;Next&#039;&#039;&#039; -&gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;Next&#039;&#039;&#039; -&gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;Next&#039;&#039;&#039; -&gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;Finish&#039;&#039;&#039;. &lt;br /&gt;This will quick format the drive with NTFS.<br /> # Now open the Dashboard and add the formatted drive to the pool.</div>

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