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Products => Storage => Topic started by: angelix on June 19, 2009, 07:21:07 PM

Title: LinkStation Mini LS-WS500GL/R1, HDD replacement
Post by: angelix on June 19, 2009, 07:21:07 PM
   

Hello

I have a LinkStation Mini LS-WS500GL/R1, 6 months old that suffered a catastrofic HDD failure (or worse) and is not booting anymore; The unit was setup as RAID1. 

 

Supports in UK tells me that I need to return the faulty unit so I can get a replacement, however I am not at all confortable in sending it  "away"  without deleting/formatting the exhisting data (company records and databases of 10 years); the unit seems dead (nasty noises coming from one of the HDDs) and even if configured in RAID1 is not possible to access the web admin page.

 

Question: is it possible for me to replace the faulty drive/s? 

 

I understand that this way I am voiding the warranty but in my case it is useless anyway since I am not willing to send away HDDs that contain important data...

 

 

Any suggestion?

 

 

Message Edited by angelix on 06-19-2009 07:23 PM
Title: Re: LinkStation Mini LS-WS500GL/R1, HDD replacement
Post by: Dustrega on June 20, 2009, 07:18:21 AM
Yes you can replace the HDDs yourself. After doing so perform the TFTP procedure (you can get your TFTP client here) and then perform a firmware update. Post back your results :robotvery-happy:
Message Edited by Dustrega on 06-20-2009 07:18 AM
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