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edalquist
Dec 22, 2011Apprentice
HOWTO: Disable WD IDLE3 via ReadyNAS
I did this on my ReadyNAS Ultra 4. I installed the RootSSH Access addon to get shell access and got the idle3-tools download link from http://idle3-tools.sourceforge.net/ # Install packages need...
Peekay
Sep 16, 2012Aspirant
mdgm wrote: There is a DOS utility that will run on Windows: http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=609&sid=113
You should use that.
Cheers, I'll get onto it now, the drives are still effectively new so no dramas there.
Should I be worried about any damage I've done to my NAS by going as far as I did in trying to build the idle3 tools?
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