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Remove inactive volumes to use the disk. Disk #1,2. troubleshooting
I had previously posted this thread Remove inactive volumes to use the disk. Disk #1,2,3,4. troubleshooting | NETGEAR Communities but I had to wait for replacement disks that i bought during th...
I tried a few times and now it detects 1,2 and 4. When switched on it sees 3 too but then it is not "loaded" if this is the right term. I think the initial set up was RAID 5, now I am not sure why 3 and 4 (now 4 is detected) are causing these problems when initially in the logs the drives with faults were 1 and 2. But ideally I would like to try to
- load 1,2 and 4 in read only if possible
- do some sort of back up, ie best effort based on what i can load
- replace with new drives and restore what saved in previous point.
I have bought 5 drives, 1 i was planning to use as a single external write only backup, ie to restore whatever i can get from this setup
Then use the new drive and restore to current status.
Is it possible and what other alternatives could you suggest?
Current alert now states "Remove inactive volumes to use the disk. Disk #1,2,4."
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