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ReadyNAS Duo V2 Bad Disks Detected
Hello All, I purchased a used ReadyNAS Duo V2 (yes, it's a V2 I checked) and I am trying to set it up. I am using the unit with just a single 2Tb drive for now. I deleted the Volume from win...
I have an older 0.5TB WD5000AAJS that I can empty and will try again this afternoon.
Just to be 100% sure that I will do this right and exclude ANY user f*ck up that might obscure the results this is what I will do:
1) I will connect the drive to an external case and format it in windows.
2) I will then delete the drive volume from windows "Disk Management"
3) I will start the NAS holding the backup button and when I enter the boot menu, I will use the "backup" button to select the "Bay 1 LED on ONLY" configuration, this is Factory reset.
4) I will then wait for the NAS to start, and open RAIDar to see what it says.
"How old is the drive? There are some old references here about firmware updates being needed on these spinpoint drives. There's not much specific, but you might check out the seagate site and see if you can find any updates (seagate purchased samsung's mechanical drive business in 2011)."
I will try to look into that. Only problem is that Samsung's diagnotic tools point to dead links :(
I downloaded SeaTools for windows and I am running the long fix utility.
I will try to upgrade the firmware for my Samsung drive and then try again.
Is it normal that the unit does not switch off with the power button ?
Is it also normal that I can't even log into the admin page even without any drives in the bay?
DjGeNeSiS wrote:
I have an older 0.5TB WD5000AAJS that I can empty and will try again this afternoon.
Just to be 100% sure that I will do this right and exclude ANY user f*ck up that might obscure the results this is what I will do:
1) I will connect the drive to an external case and format it in windows.
2) I will then delete the drive volume from windows "Disk Management"
3) I will start the NAS holding the backup button and when I enter the boot menu, I will use the "backup" button to select the "Bay 1 LED on ONLY" configuration, this is Factory reset.
4) I will then wait for the NAS to start, and open RAIDar to see what it says.
You don't actually need to format the drive, you can delete the volume even if Windows doesn't recognize the format. Though formatting doesn't hurt either.
Also, if the drive is unformatted, all you really need to do is put it into the NAS and power it up. Since the disk is blank, the NAS automatically begins a fresh factory install.
- Thanks, I will try that and post back!
How about these?
Is it normal that the unit does not switch off with the power button ?
Is it also normal that I can't even log into the admin page even without any drives in the bay?
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