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Hemppa
Jul 31, 2011Follower
Changing both HDD's at once?
Hello! I bought ReadyNAS Duo few days ago, and put two Samsung F3 1 TB HD103SJ drives in. I didn't notice that Samsung SJ -series isn't in the HDD HCL. So, my question is: Can I change both dri...
PapaBear1
Jul 31, 2011Apprentice
Or, you could replace them sequentially and thus save what data is on them, or backup to one of the new drives, shut down the Duo and remove both Samsung drives. Then install the second Seagate and re-initialize the system and once it is up (no resync so it will only take about 15 minutes or so. Then restore the data from the Seagate used for backup. Then wipe the partitions and hot add the drive and let it resync.
Three ways - your choice.
Three ways - your choice.
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