Verbatim External Hard Drive NAS - Manual (Page 26)

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Now your printer is ready to accept print jobs like any other printer on your system.
Attaching a USB Storage Device
If you elect not to use the USB-A port for printing, then it is available to you
to attach another USB storage device, like a fl ash disk. Once your storage
device is attached and installed to the connected NAS drive, you can drag
and drop fi les to it like any other storage device.
These types of USB storage devices can be attached:
Flash Disk
•
Hard Drive
•
Memory Card Reader
•
Follow these steps to attach and use your USB storage device:
Attach the USB cable from your device (or the USB connector 1.
attached to your device) to the USB-A connector on the rear panel
of the NAS drive.
If your device is self-powered, turn on the power to your device. 2.
Your device should now be visible through your fi le browser. If it 3.
is not immediately visible it may mean that it is not formatted in a
format compatible with the NAS drive. In this case you must take
the additional step outlined in Step 4.
You must reformat the device using the administration tool before 4.
NAS drive will recognize it.
BEFORE PROCEEDING, MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU HAVE
SAFELY SAVED ALL OF YOUR DEVICE’S DATA TO ANOTHER
STORAGE DEVICE.
Enter the administration tool and go to the screen at Control
Panel / Maintenance / Disk Utility. Highlight your device in the
list of devices. Its Mount Point will be /mnt/USBx where x is a
sequence number. Select the FAT32 Format Type in the drop-
down menu. Now press the Format button. You will be prompted
to confi rm. Press YES to continue. After successfully reformatting
your device, you can logout of the administration tool and again
look for the device in your fi le browser.
Now you can drag and drop fi les to your USB storage device like any other
storage device on your system. Access to the attached USB storage device
is not password protected.