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dbreda
Aspirant
Aug 10, 2015
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RN102 3 out of 4 hard drives failed in 2 years

Hi All, New to the communities, but I've had the RN102 (purchased from NETGEAR on Amazon with 2 3TB Seagate (ST3000DM001) drives) since about mid 2013. Long story short, I hadn't set up the notific...
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  • BrianL2's avatar
    BrianL2
    Aug 11, 2015

    Hi dbreda,

     

    No worries. You'll get a replacement soon.

     

     

    Kind regards,

     

    BrianL
    NETGEAR Community

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dbreda
Aspirant
Aug 11, 2015

Hi Brian,

Thanks for your reply. NETGEAR Tech Support also seems to agree with you guys. I received a message saying that they would replace my drives with different models, but they have not yet specified the models. I had looked at the list of compatible drives along with reviews and decided that I wanted the WD30EFRX. I asked for that model in my response to Tech Support. I hope that is what they will agree to send me. If you have the ability to influence that decision at all, I'd certainly appreciate it!

 

Don

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Aug 11, 2015

I always buy diskless myself.

  • dbreda's avatar
    dbreda
    Aspirant
    Aug 11, 2015

    Now I know! And knowing is half the battle. GI Joe!

     

    I really just assumed that they would know better than me about what drives should go in the NAS. Assume. Made an a$$ out of... well, pretty much just me.

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