Adding used storage to NAS

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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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[joma90]

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