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AKLGUY
Aug 26, 2021Apprentice
RN316 Drive upgrade
Hey community. I had recently sn Experiance which appeared that there was a failed drive upgrade on my RN316 which had 3x 8TB and 3TB 3TB I replaced the bay 4 which was a 3TB with an 8TB and for som...
- Aug 26, 2021
AKLGUY wrote:
Thank you StephenB I will give that a go this weekend.
If it is the 3TB in bay 5 that is bad I guess I can put in the 3TB i took out of Bay 4 right? Just format it first?I suggested testing the old Bay 4 drive first on your other thread, just to make sure it is healthy. If you run the write zeros test, you will not need to format it.
AKLGUY
Aug 26, 2021Apprentice
Thank you StephenB I will give that a go this weekend.
If it is the 3TB in bay 5 that is bad I guess I can put in the 3TB i took out of Bay 4 right? Just format it first?
If it is the 3TB in bay 5 that is bad I guess I can put in the 3TB i took out of Bay 4 right? Just format it first?
StephenB
Aug 26, 2021Guru - Experienced User
AKLGUY wrote:
Thank you StephenB I will give that a go this weekend.
If it is the 3TB in bay 5 that is bad I guess I can put in the 3TB i took out of Bay 4 right? Just format it first?
I suggested testing the old Bay 4 drive first on your other thread, just to make sure it is healthy. If you run the write zeros test, you will not need to format it.
- AKLGUYAug 26, 2021ApprenticeYou’re helping in the other older thread which I though had issues so created a new one let’s this one close
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