i have to say that i'm new to this NAS stuff. the buffalo LS-WXL E is the first NAS i ever bought. the experience of setting up the LS-WXL E is really great. it's easy, the guide is painless to follow, and it's quick. now i have a hard drive that i can access from all over the house over wifi. it's really amazing how cheap a NAS nowdays. i bought mine for 90 US$ without a hard drive. i put in a 1.5 TB hard drive in it and work great.
i do have some question about this NAS though.
first question, i want to add a second hard drive. problem is the hard drive is full of data and it said in the manual that the NAS would erase all data that from any drive added. is there a way to get around this? right now the storage section said disk 1 status normal (EDP available). i'm assuming that means i'm not using raid right now.
second question, i plug in a USB drive in to the NAS and transfer some file from USB drive to NAS using windows explorer. the transfer rate is really slow. about half of my network speed. is there anyway to make it faster (without using direct copy because i save a lot of RAR, ISO, and NRG files in my USB, and as i understand it those files won't be copied if i use direct copy)? i'm only using 10/100 router and my PC doesn't have gigabit ethernet. but i don't understand why manual USB copy can't be as fast as PC to NAS copy eventhough the USB is pluged into the NAS.
third question, if i remove my 1.5 TB drive from my NAS, plug it into my PC and then put it back to my NAS will all the data be erased? is there any way so it doesn't get erased?
thank you for all your attention and for making my continuing use of my LS-WXL E great with your response.