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Removed two working mirrored drives. Can I put them back and get data back?
I had two 1TB hard drives in mirrored configuration on the Readynas 312. I replaced these drives with two 2TB drives in mirrored configuration. I had a good backup as of that morning (which was don...
You should be able to
- power down the NAS,
- remove the new disks (labeling by slot)
- insert one of the old disk drives
- boot it up
The operating system and the settings are on the drives. I suggest inserting one old disk only, because they might be out of sync (depending on how you did the upgrade).
When done,
- power down the NAS
- remove the old disk(s)
- replace the new drives in the appropriate slotes
- boot it up.
You should be able to
- power down the NAS,
- remove the new disks (labeling by slot)
- insert one of the old disk drives
- boot it up
The operating system and the settings are on the drives. I suggest inserting one old disk only, because they might be out of sync (depending on how you did the upgrade).
When done,
- power down the NAS
- remove the old disk(s)
- replace the new drives in the appropriate slotes
- boot it up.
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