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Removing hard disks
I have an NV+ that I just installed a few weeks ago. I've had it for some time, but just got around to installing it in my system (both Mac and PC, though I'm ultimately hoping to move to the Mac solely).
The NV+ came with 2 - 500 GB drives. I have 3 - 1.5 TB Seagate drives that were in my Mac. I've now installed two of those drives in the NV+.
My question now is that since the 500 GB drives limit the capacity of the NV+, I want to remove those drives (will probably install those in the Mac) and just keep the 2 - 1.5 TB Seagate drives in the NV+ for now.
First, how do I go about saving the data that is on the NV+ now - copy to another hard drive?
Once I have that data saved, can I then just turn off the NV+ and pull the 2 - 500 GB drives and leave the 2 - 1.5 TB drives in there or is there something else I will need to do?
Any help/advice/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
The NV+ came with 2 - 500 GB drives. I have 3 - 1.5 TB Seagate drives that were in my Mac. I've now installed two of those drives in the NV+.
My question now is that since the 500 GB drives limit the capacity of the NV+, I want to remove those drives (will probably install those in the Mac) and just keep the 2 - 1.5 TB Seagate drives in the NV+ for now.
First, how do I go about saving the data that is on the NV+ now - copy to another hard drive?
Once I have that data saved, can I then just turn off the NV+ and pull the 2 - 500 GB drives and leave the 2 - 1.5 TB drives in there or is there something else I will need to do?
Any help/advice/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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- What version of RAIDiator is on the ReadyNAS?
I would suggest you backup the data to another hard drive, verify backup is good, upgrade to latest firmware if you haven't already (be sure to reboot the system when prompted), verify update completed successfully, do a System > Config Backup (if want to restore configuration). Then power down and remove the 1.5TB disks. Do a factory default (http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_use_the_boot_menu), then restore the config backup, then restore data from backup.
A factory default after updating to the latest firmware will give you a clean setup on that firmware. There are some important benefits to this (e.g. 4k sector alignment when done on 4.1.7+, which will be important when you want to move to using 2TB disks).
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