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When inserting a new disk, the Health page temporarily displays the disk as "Dead"
This isn't really a big deal, but it gives a pretty bad impression. I just inserted a new disk to replace my old dead one, and for a couple of minutes it said "Disk 1: Dead" while the screen on t...
Hi Hubro,
Welcome to the community!
Can you confirm if the disk you used is brand new or came from RMA? For us to check the status of this disk, I suggest that you run an OEM diagnostic tool by connecting the drive in your PC via SATA and run some tests (short and long). Once done, please let us know the result.
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
What? No, you missed the point. The disk is fine. I'm just reporting the fact that the ReadyNAS reported the disk as Dead for a couple of minutes right after it was inserted. The display of the NAS said it was testing the disk, and meanwhile the Health page said the disk was Dead. As soon as the testing was complete, it started resyncing the filesystem. Everything is working perfectly.
I'm just saying that it would probably be better if the Health page said something other than "Dead" after the disk is inserted, e.g. "Testing..."
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