Permissions over Network

StephenB wrote:
Seatools should have looked for bad sectors, and the write-zeros test also should also find them.

I don't know what Seatools did and didn't do before, but when I ran its Full Erase, I think now that may have fixed it. I wasn't sure if that was the same as writing Zeros, so I ran WD's after that, because they call it Write Zeros. When it ran, it asked me if I wanted to Quick Erase or Full Erase, so the two seem to be the same thing. I did Full Erase from both and the Seagate worked in Bay #1.


I got the new RAIDiator Firmware through the ReadyNAS when it Powered Up, too. I am Zeroing the WD EZEX now, and have recreated the only Share I use on the ReadyNAS. The Seagate shows in Windows (via the ReadyNAS) as 542MB Used with 921GB Free.

To test the WD EZEX, I'm going to install it in Bay #1 by itself so there's no chance of it messing up the Seagate. After that, if it's good, I'll Power Down before 10 seconds and try it by itself in Bay #2. Then, I'd like to know if the proper procedure would be to put the Seagate in Bay #1 and the WD in Bay #2. Do I have the Seagate in Bay #1 Cold, Power ON, and install the WD Hot, or what? I'd like to have the ReadyNAS recreate my Share folder that's on the Seagate to the WD. There is nothing in that Share folder yet. After both Drives are working (or only the Seagate), I'll copy the Data over from the 500GB with the Linux Reader you told me about.

In the case that the Seagate is the only working Drive, the procedure to follow when adding a 2nd in Bay #2 will still be needed. I think it's as simple as make sure it is Zeroed and put it in Bay #2. Right? But Hot or Cold is the question for the Safest procedure.

It seems that my problems with these Drives was that neither of them had been Zeroed, and the ReadyNAS didn't Format them properly. The Seagate was used. The WD was new, but had been installed in an older PC that could not access all of a HDD that big. I think the BIOS had a 500GB limit, but that's why it had 4 Partitions.

Another question is, if I want to have the ReadyNAS run tests on these Drives to search for things like Bad Sectors and whatever else it can do, how do I do that? The Seagate Passed Full Erase with no errors, and I'm still waiting on the WD, but I think this would be good to do before I copy Data over. I know the ReadyNAS will send me an email in the future, but I'd like to do this before I proceed with copying Data. I think this is in the Shutdown area, but I'd appreciate that info.

Thanks. :)