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: Drive Replacement LS-WVL/E
: mjustice May 11, 2020, 08:18:06 AM

Drive Replacement LS-WVL/E

Hello all,

My Buffalo LS-WVL/E has been running with no problems, but I'm running out of space on my 2 1tb drives. I wanted to install new 2 2tb drives. I moved the data to another backup drive and install the new drives. The LS-WVL/E went into Emergency Mode and I am unable to access the web admin or do anything with the Nav2. The device lights are red. I formatted the drives on my computer but It will not find the drives in the device.

Reinstalling the old drives brings it right back to a working state.

Do I need to uninstall the program and reinstall it to start over to add the new drives? What should I do?

Thx for your time.....

: Re: Drive Replacement LS-WVL/E
: 1000001101000 May 11, 2020, 08:38:39 AM

You'll want your new drives to be completely blank before you begin.

This model has the ability to install the firmware from the on-board NAND. Read the "Quick Setup Guide for LS-WVL/E" found on this page:
http://buffalo.jp/support_ap/support/products/ls_wvl.html

: Re: Drive Replacement LS-WVL/E
: mjustice May 11, 2020, 08:43:45 AM

Thx for the reply, both are NOB. I formatted and created a partition. Should I remove the partition before it will reload?

: Re: Drive Replacement LS-WVL/E
: 1000001101000 May 11, 2020, 08:48:34 AM

Yes.

By default the install process won't proceed if the drives aren't blank (I think), presumably to protect you from wiping out data by accident.

: Re: Drive Replacement LS-WVL/E
: mjustice May 11, 2020, 08:52:36 AM

Wonderful, I will give that a shot. Thx for your time.

: Re: Drive Replacement LS-WVL/E
: mjustice May 12, 2020, 08:02:27 AM

All good, thx for your help and info.