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ReadyNAS 316 adding new HDD
Hi, ive added/inserted a new 2TB HDD on my ReadyNAS 316, after turning it powering it ON i cant seem to access the admin page. how long should it take to access the admin page, was it doing t...
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It should boot up fairly quickly after this - not sure what is going on. Adding a disk does involve a brief test, followed by a resync. The system performance (including the web ui) does suffer some, but it should still boot. Is there anything on the LCD panel?
If it continues, I think you'll need to power down the NAS and pulling the disk drive. After that I suggest testing it in a Windows PC with vendor tools (seatools for Seagate; lifeguard for Western Digital). You can connect the disk to the PC either with SATA or with a USB adapter/dock.
FWIW, we normally recommend hot-inserting new disks (NAS running).
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