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pegagu
Sep 03, 2015Aspirant
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 l...
- Sep 03, 2015
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.
StephenB
Sep 03, 2015Guru - Experienced User
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.
pegagu
Sep 04, 2015Aspirant
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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