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Remove inactive volume to use the disk - error msg rcvd after replacing bad disk with a new disk
I replaced bad disk in slot 2 with a new one. Booted up RN214-4. Error msg says to delete inactive volume on disk 2 to use it. Did that, twice. System still shows same inactive volume error. And...
R_W wrote:
Formatted
Then normally you need to select the disk on the volume page, and then click on format again. The NAS won't automatically add a formatted disk to the array.
Though another option (IMO better) is to connect the disk to a Windows PC (USB or SATA) and test it with vendor tools (Seatools for Seagate; Lifeguard for Western Digital). If the non-destructive long test passes, then run the destructive write-zeros test. That will unformat the drive, and also gives some confidence that the disk is in good shape.
I'm trying to get the system to acknowledge the new disk in slot 2 and add that new disk to the existing X-RAID (RAID 1).
Was the replacement disk blank? Or was it formatted?
Formatted
R_W wrote:
Formatted
Then normally you need to select the disk on the volume page, and then click on format again. The NAS won't automatically add a formatted disk to the array.
Though another option (IMO better) is to connect the disk to a Windows PC (USB or SATA) and test it with vendor tools (Seatools for Seagate; Lifeguard for Western Digital). If the non-destructive long test passes, then run the destructive write-zeros test. That will unformat the drive, and also gives some confidence that the disk is in good shape.
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