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saxguy1
May 31, 2018Guide
ReadyNAS DUO "corrupt Root" how to re-install?
I have a corrupted HDD that I have pulled out and I reformatted the remaining good one NTFS on a WIndows 10 machine. Seems fine there. But when I go to load it in my ReadyNAS DUO, I see blinkng green...
- Jun 03, 2018
saxguy1 wrote:
Does this really have to be done *first in Windows?
No, it has to be done in the NAS. The NAS needs to partition the disk, format it, create the RAID array(s), and then create the file system.
Did you add this new disk as the second disk? Or did you remove the original disk and insert a new one?
mdgm-ntgr
May 31, 2018NETGEAR Employee Retired
Try deleting the partitions off the disk using your PC and then put the disk back in the NAS.
The NAS needs to format disks.
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