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reusing previously formatted disks on RN102
Hi,
I used to have a DNS-323 NAS which got broken last week, so i replaced it by a RN102. The problem is I used to have two disks configured as a raid 1 i don't want to reformat them as i would be loosing the data in, and i cannot access the data inside to copy it in an external disk as for that i need some raid 1 compatible hardware.
is there a way i can set my new RN102 without the need of reformating both disks?
thanks in advance,
p
pegagu wrote:
is there a way i can set my new RN102 without the need of reformating both disks?
Unfortunately no.
If you use Windows, perhaps see if Linux Reader will read one of the DNS-323 disks. http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/
The DNS-323 forums might have some other ways to extract your data.
Note that if you intend to reuse the disks - you can start the RN102 with just one of them, and then copy the data (once you find a tool to read it). Then add the second disk after the data is on the RN102.
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pegagu wrote:
is there a way i can set my new RN102 without the need of reformating both disks?
Unfortunately no.
If you use Windows, perhaps see if Linux Reader will read one of the DNS-323 disks. http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/
The DNS-323 forums might have some other ways to extract your data.
Note that if you intend to reuse the disks - you can start the RN102 with just one of them, and then copy the data (once you find a tool to read it). Then add the second disk after the data is on the RN102.
Thanks Stephen,
The tool you're referring to is reading the formatted disks so I can now copy them from one device to the other.
Thanks a lot
Pere
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