Linkstation HS-DH1000GL Drive disappears

[idntdrv55]

   

I have a drive mapping to my LinkStation that keep returning as unavailable form any of my Windows PC's. I can access the Web admin interface and everything appears fine. If I perform a restart, everthing appears again as normal for a random time period. I have been able to copy all my file off to another location so I'm good with whatever might need to be done as far a reformatting or reintializing the drive. I checked the firmware and I am running the latest version(2.11). Would reinitializing or formatting the drive fix the problem or is the drive dying?

[Jason]

Possibly, although if you've mapped the drives via hostname, try mapping them via IP address instead.

[idntdrv55]

   

That was the first thing I tried, In fact two of my computers were setup that because it wasn't registered in DNS when set the mapping up.

On another note, I restarted the Linkstation approximately 24 hours ago and it still seem to be working fine. It usually disappears anywhre between 1 and 30 minutes after restarting. Usually all the files and directories disappear following by the shares and the it's like everything is gone. I can still ping by IP address and hostname as well I can get to the web interface always. Is there some hidden log or diagnostics that can be accessed that may tell me more?