couldnt setup my readyNAS 102

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hi dude,&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;i have&nbsp;purchased new readyNAS 102 and i tried to add my 500 GB Seagate&nbsp;Barracuda 7200.12 which is not listed here [http://www.readynas.com/app/hcl_disk]. can i use that with my new readyNAS 102? how to connect with moniter/computer? how to setup? how to format? how can we handle files? no informations in your manual papers.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;can you tell me how to access via MONITER or PC. when i insert power cable, the power LED and ACT LED glows. But Power LED become blink slowly in few seconds. The LAN Cable glow as ORANGE Light. if any demo video from Netgear with used HDD &amp; reformat &amp; use?&nbsp;&nbsp; waiting for help.

DaneA · Answer

Hi trendzvijay,&nbsp;Welcome to the community! :)&nbsp;Here are my answer's to your questions:&nbsp;a. Yes, you may add additional drives. &nbsp;Be reminded to add drives that has a greater or equal storage capacity as with the existing drive inside the NAS. &nbsp;For example, you already have a 500GB drive inside the NAS, so you will have to add either a 1TB drive or 500GB drive.&nbsp;b. Yes, however make sure that you backup the data first from the existing 500GB drive inside the NAS. &nbsp;Then, you may pull it out then insert 2x4TB drives then reconfigure it from scratch.&nbsp;Another approach is while the 500GB drive is inside the NAS, you may insert a 4TB drive on the other bay of the NAS and it will automatically proceed with the resync process. &nbsp;After the resync process, you may pull-out the 500GB drive then insert the other 4TB drive. &nbsp;Wait again until the resync process has completed.&nbsp;c. You may use the NAS for storing videos so that you can watch it at a later time. &nbsp;You may use a torrent app so that media files will be downloaded to the NAS. &nbsp;Check this&nbsp;link&nbsp;for the apps that you can use with your NAS.&nbsp;&nbsp;Regards,&nbsp;DaneANETGEAR Community Team

mdgm-ntgr · Answer

1. Yes, but you would need to disable X-RAID if you want that. With X-RAID it will use the additional disk for redundancy.
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2. I would use X-RAID. This provides redundancy not backup. However for backup you should backup to a USB disk, another NAS or some place else. If you disable X-RAID and create two volumes, storing the backup on the second disk would be inadequate as it is still in the one device. Backing up to another device protects you against a greater range of problems.
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3. There are a few apps such as DVBLink that can be used with some TV tuner adapters. You have an ARM ReadyNAS. There are more apps available for x86_64 systems (e.g. RN312).

trendzvijay · Answer

when i tried to setup via https://readycloud.netgear.com, it says No Device Discovered. Try Again..&nbsp;can anybody help me the step by step installation with my 500 GB HDD?

trendzvijay · Answer

finally setup myself with 7200.12 hdd..&nbsp;can anybody answer something?&nbsp;1. can i add another HDD for additional storage?&nbsp;2. can i take this 500Gb HDD back and install 2x4TB Disks for storage &amp; backup? [means can we use 1 for storage and another 1 disk for backup. if any fault for 1 HDD, we can use that backup HDD as main]&nbsp;3. can we use this to store TV program directly by Cable connection with any adapter?&nbsp;thanksVijay

trendzvijay · Answer

thanks mdgm..&nbsp;i wont use 2nd disk for backup. so if we add another 4TB in 2nd bay, this 500 gb files will sync with 4TB drive or the data avail on 500 GB disk only?&nbsp;what i need - once the 500 GB get fulled with movies, i will remove that 500 GB from ReadyNAS and i will insert&nbsp;my TWO 4 TB HDD Disk within ReadyNas to use 8TB storage the movie songs, mp3. etc,&nbsp;&nbsp;But when i want 500 GB disk data, can i remove these 4TB disk and insert that single 500 GB disk to use that data? can we use like this? means [ when ever we want data from different HDD (more HDD which was previously used in our ReadyNAS) can we plug and use? LIKE PLUG &amp; UNPLUG ]&nbsp;ask something.&nbsp;if we unplug HDD, will the data goes loss?&nbsp;when we plug again, the format process will takes again to setup as new? [so my data will loss.. is it?]&nbsp;thanks

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