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Remove inactive volumes to use the disk. Disk #1,2,3,4.
Had an error on drive 3, had it replaced. Notice: data restored successfully. Then got notice that drive 2 had errors. Went to investigate and now says: Remove inactive volumes to use the disk. Dis...
if it is booted and you can get to the system management page, go to system > settings > factory default
otherwise, you could do it from the boot menu, but that is a little more involved.
there is a recessed button on the back of the nas, you would need to power up while the button is pressed until you get the boot menu on the lcd screen, press the backup button to cycle through modes, press the button in the back to activate the selected mode.
if you have a device without lcd display, see also @ https://kb.netgear.com/22892/How-do-I-access-the-boot-menu-on-my-ReadyNAS-102-202-212-or-312?cid=wmt_netgear_organic
OK, I replaced disk 2 and i now get disk 2 greyed out and removed from the error which now reads: "Remove inactive volumes to use the disk. Disk #1,3,4."
How do I reset everything to make it useable and start fresh and copy my backups over to the drive.
if it is booted and you can get to the system management page, go to system > settings > factory default
otherwise, you could do it from the boot menu, but that is a little more involved.
there is a recessed button on the back of the nas, you would need to power up while the button is pressed until you get the boot menu on the lcd screen, press the backup button to cycle through modes, press the button in the back to activate the selected mode.
if you have a device without lcd display, see also @ https://kb.netgear.com/22892/How-do-I-access-the-boot-menu-on-my-ReadyNAS-102-202-212-or-312?cid=wmt_netgear_organic
Excellent, thanks for the reply. I'm up and running again and recreating the data. Really appreciate your time. I know it's simple/obvious stuff for you guys but still appreciate you chiming in and helpin out. All the best.
You're welcome!
Btw, you were very smart to make backups.
You might consider getting a 6 or 8 bay readynas if your storage needs grow, that way you can utilize dual redundancy and hopefully avoid any future scenario if a 2nd drive fails during a rebuild/resync.
You could then use your 4 bay nas as another backup destination using backup jobs and/or replicate.
The more copies of your data the better.
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