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bubi
Aspirant
Mar 14, 2016
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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...
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bubi
Aspirant
Mar 15, 2016

I understood that the best thing is to backup everything.

About installing NTFS disk in an already running system?

 

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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

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    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.

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