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Aspirant

Mar 14, 2016

Solved

Moving disk from ReadyNAS Duo v1 to ReadyNAS 10400

I'd like to update my ReadyNAS Duo (2 bays) with a ReadyNAS10400. Actually, my ReadyNAS is configured with 2 HD in RAID 1 and 1 independent HD attached to external USB (formatted in NTFS). Can I in...

StephenB
Mar 14, 2016
Not easily. See this article: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29876

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Mar 14, 2016

Not easily. See this article: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29876

bubi

Aspirant

Mar 15, 2016

I understood that the best thing is to backup everything.

About installing NTFS disk in an already running system?

BrianL2
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Mar 16, 2016
Hi bubi,

Are you asking if it's safe to plug in an external USB disk that is formatted with NTFS? If yes, that would be fine.

Kind regards,

BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
- StephenB
  Guru - Experienced User
  Mar 16, 2016
  BrianL2 wrote:
  
  Are asking if it's safe to plug in an external USB disk that is formatted with NTFS? If yes, that would be fine.
  
  BUT if you are asking if you can add an NTFS internal drive to the NAS array, then the answer is no. The NAS needs to reformat it.