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Sojourner
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Nov 21, 2018
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Can I transfer old hardrives to new NAS without losing the data?

I have an old ReadyNAS pro Model RNDP6350-100NAS that died. It has 3 WD 3TB hard-drives in place and I think it was in XRAID. I cannot turn this unit on. If I remove the 3TB hard drives and install o...
  • JohnCM_S's avatar
    Nov 21, 2018

    Hi Sojourner,

     

    Welcome to the Community!

     

    Since you already have a backup of your data, it will be easier for you to just reformat the disks and then restore the data afterwards.

     

    Just in case that your backup is not up-to-date, there is a process on how you can access the data using the new NAS and offload it temporarily to an alternate location (external USB HD, network share, etc.). You may check this link for the procedure.

     

    Regards,

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