Volume root is degraded

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I would like to completely reconfigue my NAS unit after a Volume root is degraded message showing up after running diagnostics.

I'm only running 2 drives in this unit as JBOD no need for RAID as I have the same amount of drives on the PC.

I have already taken the drives out and tested them for errors but are OK.

What is the best way to do this? so I can simply add another drive at a later stage.

I would like one drive storing TV Shows and the other drive Movies, Video's, Documents etc.

StephenB · Answer

claynz&nbsp;wrote:
I would like to completely reconfigue my NAS unit after a Volume root is degraded message showing up after running diagnostics.

Just to clarify this, the OS partition is always mirrored on all drives - so it is RAID-1, no matter what RAID mode you are using for your data volume.&nbsp; That ensures that the NAS can boot from any disk.
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claynz&nbsp;wrote:
What is the best way to do this? so I can simply add another drive at a later stage.
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I'd do a factory reset with one drive installed.&nbsp; Switch to FlexRAID as soon as the NAS is set up.
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Then hot-insert the second drive, select that disk on the volume tab, and create a second jbod volume.&nbsp;
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I suggest either erasing the second disk, or unformatting at in a PC before you insert it.&nbsp; If you don't do that, the NAS will require you to format the drive the NAS before it lets you create the second volume.&nbsp;
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claynz · Answer

What is the best way to do a factory reset?

StephenB · Answer

claynz&nbsp;wrote:
What is the best way to do a factory reset?

There's no "best" way, but there are three options:

use the web ui: system-&gt;settings-&gt;update has a "Perform Factory Default" control.
use the boot menu: see pages 74-75 here:&nbsp;https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-100/ReadyNAS_%20OS6_Desktop_HM_EN.pdf
Remove the disks, and either erase them or un-partition them in a PC.&nbsp; Reinstall disk(s) with the NAS powered down.&nbsp; On power up, the NAS will do a factory install.

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claynz · Answer

I removed the drive from the NAS and performed a factory reset on the single drive left in the NAS.I un-partitioned the other drive in another PC and added (16TB) back to the NAS and it took awhile to resync, now I can not do anyhting with it, I would like to use it as a seprate drive.The only thing I can do is toggle the X-RAID

StephenB · Answer

claynz&nbsp;wrote:
I removed the drive from the NAS and performed a factory reset on the single drive left in the NAS.
I un-partitioned the other drive in another PC and added (16TB) back to the NAS and it took awhile to resync, now I can not do anyhting with it, I would like to use it as a seprate drive.
The only thing I can do is toggle the X-RAID

Allowing the second disk to resync was a waste of time.&nbsp; What you should have done is toggled X-RAID off before you added the disk back, and then created a second volume.
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What you do now is:

toggle XRAID off
destroy the current volume (option is on the volume settings wheel).
create two new ones.

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