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Reformat HD drive to use on ReadyNas 2100
I have 2 ReadyNAS 2100. One is in use and the other is no long being used. The one in use has 1 drive that has failed so I want to pull a hard drive out of the 2100 that isn't being used and replace it with the bad drive.
The drive I want to replace it with has data on it. How do I reformat this drive to use on my production 2100 that has the failed drive?
Thanks!
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You can hot-insert it into the NAS (while it is running), and if you do that the disk will be automatically wiped.
You could also connect to a PC (either SATA or with a USB adapter), and use Windows Disk Manager to unformat it. Alternatively use vendor PC tools (seatools or lifeguard) to zero the drive.
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