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NAS 212 will not boot with hard disks
Hi guys I have ReadyNAS 212 with which I have purchased Seagate Ironwolf 4TB NAS Drives ST4000VN008. The problem I am facing is that NAS will boot up with out the hard disk, with an old laptop h...
Asifwarsi90 wrote:
I have ReadyNAS 212 with which I have purchased Seagate Ironwolf 4TB NAS Drives ST4000VN008.
Sometimes disks are "dead on arrival". So I suggest connecting them to a windows PC (with a SATA or a USB adapter/dock) and testing them with Seatools.
FWIW, my practice with all new disks is to run the long generic (non-destructive) test and the full erase (write zeros) test before adding them to my NAS. I have had some new disks that pass one of those tests but fail the other.
Thanks for your help guys.
I managed to get my hand around an old pc and it did the same thing, as soon I connected the harddisk it would refuse to power on. As it happend with both harddisks I am doubting my self if I am doing something worng. The coumputer worked fine with its own harddisk after words.
I will try to return these as I am still within return period.
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