Author Topic: Adding used storage to NAS  (Read 1084 times)

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Adding used storage to NAS
« on: January 26, 2015, 08:29:14 AM »
I have a low end Buffalo NAS (lswvl is the model). Currently I had one disk in slot 2 which was installed long time ago and it was a fresh drive and fresh install - meaning I (probably) formatted within the NAS. I just recovered another HD from an old USB external disk. The disk was formatted already as ext3 and has tons of stuff on it already. So I naturally pushed it in to slot 1 of the NAS and hope it'd magically work without fuss. Not so. After logging into the web interface, I do see disk1 as present but the status is "Removed" and the only option on it is to "Format". Is there a way I can use it as NAS and keep the stuff on it?

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Re: Adding used storage to NAS
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2015, 11:01:37 AM »
Nope, main disk are xfs format and even then it probably wont read it. needs to be formatted with the Linkstation so it can create its 5 partitions on the drive. You will have to get an external dock or usb to sata and get the data off that way
Units I own: TS-XL, TS-WXL, LS-WVL, TS-RXL,  TS5400, TS-RVHL,

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