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Nas freezing on writes - how to locate broken drive
Hi,
I think I have a drive that's on its last legs but I am not seeing any SMART errors. Anytime a large file is written to it, the whole machine freezes. What is the best way to determine which of the six drives I have is broken?
Thanks!
mwt
Seeing your hardware is out of warranty and you have a broken drive tray you are probably best to buy the RND4TRAY1 e.g. from Amazon.
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MWT wrote:
What is the best way to determine which of the six drives I have is broken?
Power down the NAS and remove the drives (labeling by slot). Then test them in a windows PC with vendor tools (seatools for seagate, lifeguard for western digital).
You can use a SATA->USB adapter or dock if your PC doesn't have a SATA connector you can use.
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