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Considering ReadyNAS Duo but need to back up HD first
Hi My desktop PC (old) has just died and has gone to the knackers yard. I retrieved the 2 x SATA HD and would like to use them in a NAS, BUT I need to backup some of the files 1st. My question ...
You could put the drives in a USB enclosure. If you put them in the NAS they will be wiped. NTFS performance with your ReadyNAS is poor, so I'd put the drives in a USB enclosure and connect them to a PC and transfer the data across your network to the NAS. I'd purchase some new higher capacity drives to use. Drives can and do fail at any time. You could use your existing drives (or at least the 400GB drive) to provide a backup.
Also note that X-RAID uses the capacity of the smallest disk.
Also note that X-RAID uses the capacity of the smallest disk.
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