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Bad disks detected and blinking blue LED
Hi, I have the ReadyNas Duo with 2 off 2TB WD Green Caviar drives. This is setup as a mirror. The problem started when the fusebox tripped in the house and the NAS lost power. When I switched the N...
Very strange.
48 hours ago I got a 'bad disk detected' warning in my Duo. I removed the disk and tried connecting it using a hard drive kit. Windows can see the drive though I can't figure out how to allocate a drive letter to view the files.
The other disk was working ok. I had the duo set up as two separate drives - no RAID.
Now today, the second drive has gone the same. Now this is strange because the Duo has been running for around 3 yeas with no issues other than the original drives supplied didn't work so I bought 2 Samsung 2tb drives. These have been running fine for over a year.
It seems a little odd that both drives would fail so close together so I am suspicious that this is an issue with the NAS corrupting the drives some how.
Does anyone have a view on this or what i can do about it?
48 hours ago I got a 'bad disk detected' warning in my Duo. I removed the disk and tried connecting it using a hard drive kit. Windows can see the drive though I can't figure out how to allocate a drive letter to view the files.
The other disk was working ok. I had the duo set up as two separate drives - no RAID.
Now today, the second drive has gone the same. Now this is strange because the Duo has been running for around 3 yeas with no issues other than the original drives supplied didn't work so I bought 2 Samsung 2tb drives. These have been running fine for over a year.
It seems a little odd that both drives would fail so close together so I am suspicious that this is an issue with the NAS corrupting the drives some how.
Does anyone have a view on this or what i can do about it?
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