Western Digital My Book Thunderbolt Duo User Manual - Page 17

MY BOOK THUNDERBOLT DUO USER MANUAL Changing the Device Configuration CAUTION! Changing the device configuration reformats both drives, which erases all of the data on them. If you have been using the device in one mode and then want to switch to a different mode, back up your files to another storage device before changing the configuration. Note: Changing the device configuration also deletes the WD software and all of the support files, utilities, and user manual files. You can download these to restore the device to its original configuration after the change. (See Knowledge Base answer ID 7 at http://support.wdc.com for information about downloading and restoring the WD software and disk image.) To change the device configuration: 1. Click Go > Applications > WD Drive Utilities to display the WD Drive Utilities screen (see Figure 3 on page 9). 2. If you have more than one supported storage device connected to your computer, select the one that you want to configure. 3. Click RAID Management > Configuration to display the Configuration dialog: 4. Select the option for the mode that you want to change to: • Stripe - Maximum Capacity and Performance (RAID 0) • Mirror - Maximum Data Protection (RAID 1) • Individual Drives (JBOD) Selecting the . . . option Stripe or Mirror Note that the exFAT (extended File Allocation Table) format is not RAID configurable. Displays a volume dialog for specifying the . . . Volume name for the new RAID array: Individual Drives Volume name and file format for each drive: MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR MY BOOK THUNDERBOLT DUO DEVICE - 13