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Format a drive inside the NASBox
Hi - I have looked through available documentation and this forum. Sorry if I've missed the answer somewhere.
I have a ReadyNAS DUO (RND2110-100NAS) with two1TB Seagate Barracudas installed. One of the disks is starting to go bad and Seagate has already sent me the replacement (free of charge - nice folks).
I would like to wipe the data on the offending disk before returning it to Seagate.
Can I somehow reformat the "going bad" disk while it is still inside the NASBox without data loss on the good disk?
I'm using the NASBox and 2 disks in a mirrored configuration.
I really don't have a convienient way to connect the bad disk to any other system for reformatting. Can I do it in the NASBox?
Thanks for the help - Headlamps
I have a ReadyNAS DUO (RND2110-100NAS) with two1TB Seagate Barracudas installed. One of the disks is starting to go bad and Seagate has already sent me the replacement (free of charge - nice folks).
I would like to wipe the data on the offending disk before returning it to Seagate.
Can I somehow reformat the "going bad" disk while it is still inside the NASBox without data loss on the good disk?
I'm using the NASBox and 2 disks in a mirrored configuration.
I really don't have a convienient way to connect the bad disk to any other system for reformatting. Can I do it in the NASBox?
Thanks for the help - Headlamps
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- Hi MDGM,
I appreciate all you tried to do with my problem. Unfortunately we couldn't get the Factory Default process to work - that takes away nothing from your efforts, thanks.
I have tried a few more times without success.
I was feeling pressed for time because I need to return the bad drive to Seagate tomarrow or they will charge me for the drive - argh! So I googled for someone local to reformat the drive for me. I cost $40.00 but at least I'm not sending Seagate a drive with all my banking formation on it!!
Now I just need to make plans to resolve this myself, should it ever happen again - or should I say, when it happens again...
Again, thanks for your help... problem solved.
Regards, Headlamps
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