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Old HDD - Unable To View
Hi All, I have a ReadyNAS102 which wurs away just fine setup as RAID 1. Last year I replaced 2 x 3TB Seagate drives due to one suspected failing. I now need to access the working drive to re...
Stuuk1 wrote:
When the disk looked like it was failing, I removed both 3TB drives and then inserted 2 brand new 2TB drives.
Then you should be able to power down the system, remove the 2TB drives (labeling by slot) and re-insert one of the 3 TB drives. Then power up.
The system will attempt to upgrade the firmware on the disks (which hopefully will succeed). You will then be able to off-load your data to external storage.
Once you've done that, you can power down again, reinsert the 2 TB drives in their original slots, and reboot. Then copy the files you off-loaded back onto the NAS.
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