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tkelly
Oct 06, 2012Aspirant
Ultra 4 dead disk & re-striping time
Seagate 2TB Disk 4 reported 'dead' and I am getting ready to replace hard drive. However, it has been re-striping for 4-5 days. Front panel says 0.0% complete but web interface says 38% complete, so I...
tkelly
Oct 07, 2012Aspirant
Thanks, papabear. I do have a backup and it looks like I will need to re-initialize the Ultra 4. I inserted new disk in bay 4 and 15 hours later the front panel still says 'Booting....Testing disk 4'. So I think it is toast. Since the file structure on backup disk is ext3, any suggestions on steps I should follow to get data back on NAS after I re-initialize? Will Ultra 4 try to reformat my external backup drive once I attach after loosing all old settings?
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