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How to Reformat Disks in ReadyNAS Ultra 2
So here I am stuck again at the beginning. I've got the Ultra2 set up in RAID. But I realize that I don't need redundancy. I just need a large file server that can serve video files. Since RAID isn't ...
Wow - that was super quick!!! Thanks guys.
At the moment I'm using X-RAID2 and I'm not sure if that's proprietary and guessing that it was. From your messages it would appear that I'll need to reset to factor and reformat the disks, which is fine. Thanks so much, truly.
Regarding the one big drive -- thank you for that solution. It doesn't really matter if there are two drives seen on the network. It's a small inconvenience and either drive can be searched. However if the NAS does fail, there is the potential for files being cross written on both disks, etc. so better to be safe than sorry, at least so it would appear.
I did find the instructions - there is something unclear in the manual that caused me to hunt the Internet to find this:
Hold down the reset button when booting, until all the lights are lit up.
Press usb backup button twice until Disk 1 LED is lit.
Then press reset.
ReadyNAS will start to format the HD and you will be able to choose Raidar and see the drive online and it will say "Installing" and the light will be blue.
Boot Menu All lights lit
Normal Power Led lit
Factory Default Disk 1 Led Lit
OS Reinstall Disk 2 Led Lit
Tech Support USB Led Lit
Skip Vol Check Power Led and Disk 1 Led Lit
Memory Test Power led and Disk 2 Led Lit
Test Disk Power Led and USB Led Lit
At the moment I'm using X-RAID2 and I'm not sure if that's proprietary and guessing that it was. From your messages it would appear that I'll need to reset to factor and reformat the disks, which is fine. Thanks so much, truly.
Regarding the one big drive -- thank you for that solution. It doesn't really matter if there are two drives seen on the network. It's a small inconvenience and either drive can be searched. However if the NAS does fail, there is the potential for files being cross written on both disks, etc. so better to be safe than sorry, at least so it would appear.
I did find the instructions - there is something unclear in the manual that caused me to hunt the Internet to find this:
Hold down the reset button when booting, until all the lights are lit up.
Press usb backup button twice until Disk 1 LED is lit.
Then press reset.
ReadyNAS will start to format the HD and you will be able to choose Raidar and see the drive online and it will say "Installing" and the light will be blue.
Boot Menu All lights lit
Normal Power Led lit
Factory Default Disk 1 Led Lit
OS Reinstall Disk 2 Led Lit
Tech Support USB Led Lit
Skip Vol Check Power Led and Disk 1 Led Lit
Memory Test Power led and Disk 2 Led Lit
Test Disk Power Led and USB Led Lit
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