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Volume not recognized
Shutdown my RN212 to upgrade my HDD to SSD. Pulled the drives and put them back in. Now neither will recognize as a valid volume. Nothing changed. The system wants to reformat the drives and start fr...
Issue being I have yet to swap out the drives.
StephensHomes wrote:
Issue being I have yet to swap out the drives.
Ok, but we still need more details on exactly what you did do ( and whether the NAS was powered up or not).
- NAS was powered down
- Removed Drives - Both
- Evaluated hardware to ensure compatibility & connectivity with new SSD's
- Put both original drives back in
- Restarted NAS
Now NAS wants to reformat the original HDD.
StephensHomes wrote:
- NAS was powered down
- Removed Drives - Both
- Evaluated hardware to ensure compatibility & connectivity with new SSD's
- Put both original drives back in
- Restarted NAS
Now NAS wants to reformat the original HDD.
What did step 3 entail? I'm guessing the NAS was powered up during that step. Was the NAS powered down in step 4?
- NAS was powered down
- Removed Drives - Both
- Evaluated hardware to ensure compatibility & connectivity with new SSD's
- Put both original drives back in
- Restarted NAS
Pulling the drive and then reinserting them was all done while the system of OFF.
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