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Healthy disk rendered dead
Hello, A few weeks back, my NAS warned me that a disk was dead. I ordered 2 new disks (WD30EFRX) and replaced it. All went fine until today: a new email saying a disk was rendered dead. I thought i...
First of all, thank you for your answer.
No, haven't tried that yet, I am doing a backup since I found out the disk is faulty (but it's 6 TB, it's a lot and will take time). Can it just happen that a slot can become faulty? I tried adding in a new disk as well, but that didn't even get recognized (but it was the other disk (I ordered 2 when the first disk faulted)). I assumed that the new disk was dead on delivery, but a faulty slot sounds more real to me.
A factory reset will also reset all addons and settings, right? Then I need to be sure that I have everything into place. What is the estimated % of success rate of a factory reset?
No, haven't tried that yet, I am doing a backup since I found out the disk is faulty (but it's 6 TB, it's a lot and will take time). Can it just happen that a slot can become faulty? I tried adding in a new disk as well, but that didn't even get recognized (but it was the other disk (I ordered 2 when the first disk faulted)). I assumed that the new disk was dead on delivery, but a faulty slot sounds more real to me.
A factory reset will also reset all addons and settings, right? Then I need to be sure that I have everything into place. What is the estimated % of success rate of a factory reset?
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