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WD Compatibility
Two questions: 1. I have two WD Elements and one WD My Book. I did a brief search for compatibile drives with the 104 and only came up with about three for WD. Is that right or was I looking i...
LDG wrote:
Two questions:
1. I have two WD Elements and one WD My Book. ...Will my drives work in this NAS?
These are USB drives, correct? The HCL Brian mentions is for internal hard drives that are installed in the NAS.
The NAS is not a USB dock - it is intended to be used with internal drives like the WD40EFRX.
StephenB wrote:
LDG wrote:Two questions:
1. I have two WD Elements and one WD My Book. ...Will my drives work in this NAS?
These are USB drives, correct? The HCL Brian mentions is for internal hard drives that are installed in the NAS.
The NAS is not a USB dock - it is intended to be used with internal drives like the WD40EFRX.
You are correct! My plan is to remove the drives from their enclosures. Way out of warranty on all three. I forgot to mention that detail when I posted this. Will this still work?
LDG wrote:
You are correct! My plan is to remove the drives from their enclosures. Way out of warranty on all three. I forgot to mention that detail when I posted this. Will this still work?
It might work - not all drives are well-suited for RAID. You will likely be denied support from Netgear if you run into problems.
IMO It'd be better to get new drives.
StephenB wrote:
LDG wrote:You are correct! My plan is to remove the drives from their enclosures. Way out of warranty on all three. I forgot to mention that detail when I posted this. Will this still work?
It might work - not all drives are well-suited for RAID. You will likely be denied support from Netgear if you run into problems.
IMO It'd be better to get new drives.
How would I find out if these drives are well-suited?
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