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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => D-Link Storage => DNS-323 => Topic started by: deca66 on May 16, 2010, 03:07:27 PM
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Hi,
I have 2 1 TB drives on my DNS-323, with Firmware Version 1.07, since about one year and all worked fine. And suddendly, volume_2 has disappeared (either from Windows or when I connect directly with linux on the DNS).
When I connect to the DNS administration interface, I get the following message :
"Your new second hard drive will now be formatted"
and DNS asks me to format it.
I have done nothing on my DNS (not extracted any drive or whatever). What could had happened ?
Thanks,
deca66
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I'd probably remove it and test it on a computer first to see if the drive has died.
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I'd probably remove it and test it on a computer first to see if the drive has died.
Any other idea ? The fact is that I have currently no mean to test it on my computer.
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If it has important data on it, I suggest you find a way.
Of course, you should have a backup of the data anyway, right?
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Of course, you should have a backup of the data anyway, right?
Of course, but not so fresh...
If it has important data on it, I suggest you find a way.
Which way do you recommend ? Is there for example a kind of USB plugable stuff that would accept the disk ?
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The best way to test a drive is a direct connection to a PC controller. I've had mixed to poor results trying to diagnose a drive in a USB enclosure, just isn't as good as a direct connection. To that aim, I have a SATA drive slot adapter to slide a SATA drive into my system for testing. I also have another system with an IDE drive drawer for that kind of tests.
Like I said, how important is your data? ;)
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The best way to test a drive is a direct connection to a PC controller. I've had mixed to poor results trying to diagnose a drive in a USB enclosure, just isn't as good as a direct connection. To that aim, I have a SATA drive slot adapter to slide a SATA drive into my system for testing. I also have another system with an IDE drive drawer for that kind of tests.
Like I said, how important is your data? ;)
This slot adapter is external or internal ? I don't know how to search it (in french ;-) ) Do you have an URL as an example to understand what it is ?
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Here's one of many such kits: http://www.usb-ware.com/sata-removable-drive-value.htm
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I have 5 DNS-323's - 4 are configured with individual hard disks and one is configured as a mirrored RAID
One of the individual drive DNS-323s regularly reports only one drive present after a power interuption.
I then unplug the power and eject and reseat both the hard disks in it and it all goes back to normal with 2 drives found after a reboot.
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I wonder if the cooling of the unit during a power failure, then the heating up again could work the drive connector loose. Chip creep anyone ;)
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...I then unplug the power and eject and reseat both the hard disks in it and it all goes back to normal with 2 drives found after a reboot.
Interesting...but I thought that when you unplug/plug disks, the DNS asks you to reformat them. No ?
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My experience is that it doesn't ask you to reformat, but to resyncs your AV server
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Interesting...but I thought that when you unplug/plug disks, the DNS asks you to reformat them. No ?
I unplug and reseat the hard disks whilst the DNS-323 is turned off - so the problem in my case is probably either a bad connection to one of the drives or a problem with the DNS-323 failing to find one of the drives when it boots up.
I have powered up one of my DNS-323's with the hard disks removed and then powered down and refitted them and then powered the DNS up again with no request to format the hard disks - the DNS-323 just recognises them again.
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I have powered up one of my DNS-323's with the hard disks removed and then powered down and refitted them and then powered the DNS up again with no request to format the hard disks - the DNS-323 just recognises them again.
magic999, you're a magician ! Is works again for me. Thanks a lot.