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Re-use old REadyNAs HDD's
Hi, I got a 1TB drive that was in use on my old ReadyNAS Duo (RND2000 V2). Deciding that it is more useful in a PC, I've connected it internally to a newly built Windows 10 PC. But, It shows up in D...
StephenBThis is the procedure I always use to recycle my HDD to be reused on ReadyNas devices but Windows reformat stuff is suficient.
aalexandrebeta wrote:
StephenB This is the procedure I always use to recycle my HDD to be reused on ReadyNas devices but Windows reformat stuff is suficient.
OS 6 NAS won't add a formatted drive to the RAID array w/o confimation. They will add unformatted drives immediately (which sometimes is a bit simpler).
One way to unformat a drive is to use the quick zeros write test in Lifeguard. Another is to delete each "volume" on the disk with the windows disk manager (which deletes the partitions).
StephenB I really prefer a clean in order to avoid issues when the device rebuild the array!!!
aalexandrebeta wrote:
StephenB I really prefer a clean in order to avoid issues when the device rebuild the array!!!
I'm not sure if you are agreeing or not. Unformating and the quick zeros test will both result in the ReadyNAS treating the disk as a blank drive. If you are uncertain of the drive health, run the full write zeros test.
StephenB I do agree with you zero write is for me the best solution:
The more you avoid issues the less issues you have!
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