Adding new drive to readynas Ultra 2

Number Six wrote:
Thanks again for your help. Can I ask also what will happen to the data on the 2TB drive when I remove it and reset the ReadyNas (thereby deleting any share information)? If I were to re-install the 2TB drive after the factory reset, will I be able to access that data? If not, is there any other way I could go about that without the ReadyNas?

If you power down the NAS and set the existing drive aside, then you can put that drive back in the NAS and power it back up. The OS, config, and data are on the drive, so it is self-contained. You need to be careful to power down the NAS before you put the old drive back, and of course it needs to be the only drive in the NAS when you start it back up.

BTW, you will almost certainly lose the contents of the 2 TB drive if you attempt to add it to the NAS with 3 TB drive installed. So be careful not to do that until after you have restored the data to the new drive.

You can also access the data from other Linux machines that have SATA interfaces. There are some PC programs out there that look like they would work - but I have not used them, or seen any confirmation here.