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Hello, i got the problem with my buffalo, 'You need to format the disk, before you can used it', I don want to format, because i don want to lose all my data. Thanks

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Then back uP all your data on another hard drive. Then format it.

  • Anonymous Jun 06, 2012

    how to back up the data??

  • Anonymous Jun 06, 2012

    how to back up the data??

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