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DrJones
Sep 12, 2011Aspirant
HD dead in one NAS, alive in another?
I helped a client procure a ReadyNAS Ultra 2. It has 2x2TB Seagate ST31000520AS drives. I recently got an email alert from the NAS that one of the drives was dead. I drove over, picked it up, pl...
DrJones
Nov 09, 2011Aspirant
But I reformatted the drive to NTFS....will that still go undetected?
I will try the disk test boot option when I replace the drive into the NAS and after it syncs back up, and then may call tech support....not sure what good it'll do, the drive either works fine or doesn't, right?
I just bought it, so should be able to easily RMA to Seagate...
Also, all data is backed up to USB and also ReadyNAS Vault, so we're covered. :)
Thank you for your help!
I will try the disk test boot option when I replace the drive into the NAS and after it syncs back up, and then may call tech support....not sure what good it'll do, the drive either works fine or doesn't, right?
I just bought it, so should be able to easily RMA to Seagate...
Also, all data is backed up to USB and also ReadyNAS Vault, so we're covered. :)
Thank you for your help!
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