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Aspirant

Jul 02, 2018

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Trying to replace a bad drive, but working drive may be mid-sync

I had a drive go out on my ReadyNAS - I *think* maybe when a sync was taking place. The bad drive was in the left bay, and was making a clicking sound. Even after removing it though, the NAS wasn't w...

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StephenB
Jul 03, 2018
mgoblue62 wrote:

Any suggestions where to find a replacement?

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAAPW7MW2487 claims to be compatible, if you google you will find others.

mgoblue62 wrote:

I was half hoping it was the ReadyNAS, which would have given me an excuse to upgrade.

Microsoft obsoleting SMB 1.0 might be enough of an excuse :smileywink:

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Jul 02, 2018

Can you see the shares and files from ssh (in the "C" folder)?

mgoblue62
Aspirant
Jul 02, 2018
Yes, the files are all there - /c/home, /c/media, /c/backup
- StephenB
  Guru - Experienced User
  Jul 02, 2018
  Ok. Then one option (though slow) is to connect a USB drive to your NAS and back up the files to the USB drive.
  
  Did you try accessing the NAS over the network with windows file explorer? If that works, it will be faster to back up the data that way.
  
  Note that your two drives are mirrored, so the one you didn't remove should still have all the same data on it.
  - mgoblue62
    Aspirant
    Jul 02, 2018
    Since I can ssh in to the drive, I suppose I could use WinSCP to copy the files off. Then I would basically start fresh with my replacement drive + existing drive?
    
    I wish there were a simple way to tell the readynas, "no, the drive isn't in the process of syncing - it's just fine the way it is"
    
    Once I get the files copied off, will I have to do a factory reset in order to get started with the new disk? I assume I'll have to delete the existing partition from the old disk.
    
    Thanks so much for your assistance!