Permissions over Network

StephenB wrote:

It doesn't matter what bay the WD is in, it should boot either way. Your procedure should work - I suggest pulling drive 1 with the NAS powered down, being very careful not to write to the data volume when you test. Then power down again, and re-install drive 1. If there's any chance that the data was written during the test you will need to hot-insert drive 1, which will rebuild the array. I don't expect Netgear to make a lot of changes to the HCL, but user reports that on how well various drives work are helpful to the community of posters.

I got 3 emails from the ReadyNAS during the process of installing the WD EZEX 1TB in Bay #2, with the Seagate 1TB in Bay #1, saying:

[Wed Jan 21 18:00:30 CST 2015] Disk initialization successfully finished.
[Wed Jan 21 18:00:29 CST 2015] RAID sync started on volume C.
[Wed Jan 21 22:46:45 CST 2015] RAID sync finished on volume C. The volume is now fully redundant.

I used the Linux Reader on the WD 500GB to copy all that I could to the ReadyNAS. However, I didn't see the Recycle Bin Folders. :sad: There was one, but it was empty. Not that it really matters... nothing in there I would want back. Just seems weird, is all.

With that said, if I delete files on the ReadyNAS, then empty the Recycle Bin, is there a way (or need) to do a Defrag? Since I know it's a Linux Format now, I don't know if I could access the ReadyNAS with Windows and Defrag it under Windows... or even if this is necessary.

I lost about 45 music files. Do you think DiskInternals Linux Recovery 4.3 (Free) could recover the lost/damaged files on the 500GB? http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-recovery/ Nothing has been written to the ReadyNAS in a long time that might have overwriten that space... only a few files were deleted the last time I used it, and it would seem that only the WD 500GB had anything on it.

Or a different Recovery program from here: http://www.diskinternals.com/download/
Or could the ReadyNAS recover them with the 500GB installed by itself?
Just thought I'd ask. I'm looking for the best procedure, as I'm not familiar with Linux Formatting.

I have not removed the Seagate to be sure the WD has everything yet, but I intend to do that. I'll follow your quoted procedure above when I do. I'll check many of the files and let you know after that, whether or not the WD EZEX seems to be fully compatible. It's not an Enterprise Drive, but I'll be OK with it if it works.

Thanks again for everything! :worship: