Hard drive settings

To access the Disk Settings screen:

• Double-click the HP Media Vault icon on your desktop.
• Click Customize your HP Media Vault’s settings.
• If the Welcome Screen appears, click Configure Device.
• Click the Disk Settings tab.

You can manually monitor and configure your HP Media Vault’s hard drives. (The terms hard drives and hard disks are used interchangeably.)

The Physical Disks section of the Disk Settings screen displays horizontal bar-graphs for each hard drive connected to your media vault. The graphs are color-coded representing available space on the disk drives, and the cross-hatched areas represent used hard disk space.

The media vault comes with one primary hard disk named SYSTEM, and one logical volume named Volume1. To store and access data on your media vault’s hard disk, you must assign logical volumes to the connected hard disks. The Logical Volumes section of the Disk Settings page contains a table that shows all volumes currently defined on the media vault’s hard drives. The volumes are color-coded to match their corresponding hard disks displayed in the horizontal bar graph(s) at the top of the screen.

Available hard disk space can be used to create more than one volume. (See Logical Volumes below.)

To configure or change hard disk settings:

1. To select a hard disk, click the Select a Disk drop-down list.
2. Click one of following options:
3. Note: If an option is dimmed, that option is not available for the selected disk.

4. Option	Description
   Rename Disk	This option opens a screen that lets you assign a new name to the selected hard disk. Assigning your hard disks unique names can help you monitor your system when you have more than one hard disk connected to your media vault. (You cannot rename the SYSTEM disk.) For instructions on using the Rename Disk screen, see Rename a disk.
   Format Disk	This option opens a screen that lets you format a new internal hard disk or an external USB hard drive. (You cannot format the SYSTEM disk.) For instructions on using Format Disk screen, see Format a disk. Also see Understanding file systems for formatting hard disks.
   Erase Disk	This option opens a screen that lets you erase all content and logical volumes from a selected hard disk. (You cannot erase the SYSTEM disk.) For instructions on using the Erase Disk screen, see Erase a disk.
   Safely Disconnect Disk	Select this option to safely disconnect a USB disk. If you installed the HP software from the Software Installation Disc, and you unplug a USB disk from the media vault without safely disconnecting it, you will see a warning alert in your computer’s system tray.

Logical Volumes

To configure or change volume settings:

1. To select a volume, click the Select a Volume drop-down list.
2. Click one of following options:
3. Note: If an option is dimmed, that option is not available for the volume.

4. Option	Description
   Create New Volume	This option opens a screen that lets you create a new volume from available hard disk space. For instructions on using the Create New Volume screen, see Create a new volume.
   Create a Mirror	This option opens a screen that lets you create a mirror of a selected volume. For instructions on using the Create a Mirror screen, see Create a mirror. Also see Understanding disk mirrors and concatenated disks.
   Remove Mirror	This option opens a dialog box from which you can remove a mirror. For instructions on using the Remove a Mirror screen, see Remove a mirror.
   Modify Volume	This option opens a screen that lets you change the name and/or size of the selected volume. For instructions on using the Modify an Existing Volume screen, see Modify an Existing Volume.
   Delete Volume	This option opens a screen that lets you delete the selected volume. For instructions on using the Delete an Existing Volume screen, see Delete an Existing Volume. When you delete a volume all Shared Folders and all files on the volume are permanently destroyed.