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ctny
Jun 08, 2020Guide
ReadyNAS 214 "Volumes" screen blank empty, but NAS is working?
I didn't use my ReadyNAS 214 for a few months, and just took it out again today. I put in just 1x 500gb disk (ran diskpart and clean on Windows), and booted. Everything looked fine on the Overvi...
- Jun 08, 2020
I swapped out the disk and put in just 1x 2TB drive. This worked well, and the Volumes tab worked fine. I tried to add the 500GB drive as a spare drive after the NAS came up correctly on the 2TB drive, but the Volume tab didn't show the new disk...
I suspect the 500GB disk is not compatible in some small way with RN214 that doesn't affect the overall function, however not able to see Volumes tab makes the disk not usable.
I'll just use the small disk somewhere else. Just to note, Windows sees the 500GB disk, and can format, copy and read files from it just file.
StephenB
Jun 08, 2020Guru - Experienced User
I haven't seen this before.
What browsers have you tried?
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Have you tried browsing from a different device?
ctny
Jun 08, 2020Guide
I swapped out the disk and put in just 1x 2TB drive. This worked well, and the Volumes tab worked fine. I tried to add the 500GB drive as a spare drive after the NAS came up correctly on the 2TB drive, but the Volume tab didn't show the new disk...
I suspect the 500GB disk is not compatible in some small way with RN214 that doesn't affect the overall function, however not able to see Volumes tab makes the disk not usable.
I'll just use the small disk somewhere else. Just to note, Windows sees the 500GB disk, and can format, copy and read files from it just file.
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