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Format Removable Media

After Arcserve Backup detects your drive, you must format the removable storage media as an Arcserve Backup storage media. In the Arcserve Backup graphical user interface, removable media is represented as if it is tape media. This is not an error. Arcserve Backup treats removable media in the same manner as tape media.

Note: Various manufacturers provide you with pre-formatted media that needs to be manually formatted before you can use it. For more information about how to format the media for the drive you are using, see the manufacturer's documentation.

To format removable media

1. Open the Device Manager window and expand the Servers object.
2. Browse to the server to which the removable drive is connected.
3. Select and right-click the removable drive.
4. From the pop-up menu, select Format media.

   Arcserve Backup formats the media.