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DUO, Flex-RAID 0, Replace disk 1
Hi I got 2 disks and running Flex-RAID 0. The first disk (C) is giving up on me and alot of SMART errors are in the log. If I wanna replace the disk can I do this? * Copy all data to a windows ...
shaggys wrote:
* Copy all data to a windows machine with a externa USB disk
Yes.
shaggys wrote:
* Shut down the DUO
Don't think you need to do this. In fact I'd recommend leaving the NAS on, well at least have NAS on when adding replacement disk.
shaggys wrote:
* Pull out and replace disk 1
* Start the DUO up
* Copy back the data from the external drive.
I think that should work.
shaggys wrote:
Will the DUO allow me to do this or do the DISK 1 contain system files for the DUO to work properly?
The OS partition would be RAID-1 so it would be mirrored on disk 2.
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