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Readynas Duo 3TB owned
Hello! I don't know if that's the right place to post this message but my problem is I got sold a ReadyNas Duo & two 3TB Caviar Green 64mb, and can't return any of those... :( I just figured t...
Kimomac wrote: Problem is, those drives show up as 742 Go drives in Frontview, not even one third of their capacity...
this is because of how the heads/cylinders/sectors are arranged
Is there a way I could make the ReadyNas see them as 2tb drives instead, at least using those 2TB (even loosing the 1TB left...) ???
the only possible way would be if there is a jumper that changes how the drive uses the heads/cylinders/sectors.
otherwise, I would highly recommend you return or sell the duo and get an x86 device (ultra/+/pro), or sell/return the 3tb drives and get 2tb drives.
do not waste your time trying to get the 3tb drives working with the duo.
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