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trying to repurpose drives from NV+ in pc
i have 4 2TB hitachi ds5sad200 drives pulled from a working ReadyNAS NV+ which was running RAIDiator 4.1.x (probably .9, but i can't remember). the drives have sat dormant for a year of more, but w...
Not sure I am a drive guru, but I have certainly been able to run disk utilities on the 2 TB and 3 TB drives when I move them from the ReadyNAS to the PC. I don't see how this can be related to the details of the ReadyNAS format - that really wouldn't impact Window's ability to re-initialize the drive. How old is the Windows box? Does it support 2 TB drives? (My old XP desktop doesn't).
Did you try using the Hitachi "Drive Fitness Test" software?
Did you try using the Hitachi "Drive Fitness Test" software?
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