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beljim7419
Dec 23, 2011Aspirant
new user
Hi. i have recently purchaced a second hand nv+ rnd4000. I have no idea if this is going to be better than my Etrayz nas. Any how I have two initial queries please. 1. The device does not come w...
StephenB
Dec 23, 2011Guru - Experienced User
Here is one source: http://store.netgear.com/store/netgear/ ... .124539100
beljim7419 wrote: 1. The device does not come with the hard drive caddy tray things. Does any one know where i can get some from. Google is doesn't seem to know what i'm talking about :P
No. Likely the NAS will reformat the drive and lose your data if you try.
beljim7419 wrote: 2. Coming from another Nas, the Etrayz like I mentioned. I am wondering if I can somehow keep all my files on my 2TB hard drive and just plug it into the NV+?
Most likely the NAS will give you a bad disk error (it runs a diagnostic when a new disk is installed). I wouldn't recommend it even if it passes.
beljim7419 wrote: I have a spare 1TB which failed its SMART check and was wondering if maybe I can use this to initially set the NV+ up then somehow just plug the 2TB in and it will work? Maybe as Raid 0
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