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chasg
Aspirant
Apr 11, 2016

novice ReadyNAS user: "volume expansion failed", how to address this problem?

Hi all, I'm very much a novice when it comes to this machine (I just have put in drives and used it) and I'm having a problem, really hope someone can help.   I've just added a WD 6TB drive to my l...
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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 14, 2016

I've used both teracopy and robocopy for this.  Robocopy is definitely slower (but is very robust and is reasonable for incremental backup).

 

For a one-time full backup, teracopy is a good choice.  It will offer to replace the built-in windows copy - I suggest not letting it do that.  If it does it silently, there should be a preference to turn it off.

 

 

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chasg
Aspirant
Apr 14, 2016

Great, thanks again. I have downloaded teracopy and it's counting files now :-)

 

Do you know what I need to click to set it to verify the copies? I've read their decriptive site, and read a couple of reviews, but none yet have mentioned verification.

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    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Apr 14, 2016

    If you click on the "more" button you should see a verify button.

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    chasg
    Aspirant
    Apr 14, 2016

    oops, missed that one! This is what happens with a Mac guy of 25 years experience puts a PC on his desktop as well (old reflexes and knowledge can sometimes lead me astray :-)

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