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Aspirant

Mar 28, 2016

setup readynas without new drives

Hi, i have 2 external hard disk drives WD each 2TB, i wanted to access them remotely so i purchased the readynas so i can connect these two external hard disk drives through the to rear availabel...

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zaidyou

Aspirant

Mar 29, 2016

Hi Sandshark,

Thanks for your prompt response to my issue, if you don’t mind I have additional two questions please

The drive that is needed to reboot the system should be their permanently, means not only during the first time setup, i.e. I can’t remove it afterwards otherwise the OS will not reboot again.
I have extra WD 1TB that I am not using it and thinking of pulling this out of its external housing and put it into my ReadyNas, is this possible? have anyone tried this before? I think its 2.5" 12mm hard drive.

Many Thanks

BlueScreen101

Aspirant

Mar 29, 2016

Hi ,

to the First question Yes you need to have a Permanent hard drive in the NAS, to used the external HDDs. The whole system , setting etc. will be on it.

As I know it should be possible to Install a 2.5 " HDD into the NAS pocket

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/23004/~/how-do-i-replace-a-disk-in-my-readynas-os-6-desktop-storage-system%3F

zaidyou
Aspirant
Mar 29, 2016
Thank you Blue screen for your comments and the link, hope the WD won't come with fixed/welded usb connector, if the usb connector is built into the external cover ant not to the SATA then that would be great!

thank sgain.

Zaid
- Sandshark
  Sensei
  Mar 29, 2016
  Just remember that all contents of the drive will be deleted. For best results, delete all partitions on the drive before removing it from the enclosure.
  - zaidyou
    Aspirant
    Mar 30, 2016
    Thank you ...its working now after I installed a new driver, it wont work without it. now i understand how it works, its like a computer basically that needs processor, RAM,ROM and hard drive to work and the hard drive was missing :)