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[dcleland]

I've had my DNS-323 ever since it was first available.  It looks as though there's a problem with the power supply (seems to turn on as I can feel a very weak fan but no blue lights) and I'm wondering whether it's time to upgrade the storage hardware to the new DNS-320 model.  However I'm concerned that if I remove the HDD from the DNS-323 and put them into a DNS-320 unit the O/S may be incompatible and I will lose all my data.  Has anyone done such a thing?

[D-Link Multimedia]

If your drives are in standard format (separate volumes) then you will be fine. The DNS-320 does not currently allow you to move the drives from a DNS-323 to a DNS-320 if they are using raid.

[dusterio]

I put a hard drive from DNS-313 to DNS-320 and lost all data, even though filesystem is the same (ext3)

The wizard formatted the drive without asking any questions or giving any notice ;(

[D-Link Multimedia]

The DNS-313 uses a very different system from the 2-bay models. Firmware is installed to the disk of the DNS-313 unlike the 2-bay models where it is saved in the flash. Did you try re-inserting the disk in your 313 to see if the data was still there?

[dusterio]

Yes, I tried - 313 stopped working. HDD LED light is green now.

[dcleland]

If your drives are in standard format (separate volumes) then you will be fine. The DNS-320 does not currently allow you to move the drives from a DNS-323 to a DNS-320 if they are using raid.

Sadly this is NOT the case as I have now found out.  I bought a DNS320 and a new HDD yesterday and set it up as Standard.  I then took the HDD out of my DNS323 (also set up as Standard) and put it in the second slot of the DNS320.  While the DNS320 recognises that there's a disk (Volume_2) with data on it, it keeps asking me to format it and does not mount Volume_2 so that it is addressable.  I'd be quite happy to move the data off Volume_2 to Volume_1 and then format it if that's what's required but there seems to be no way of doing that at the moment.  Not happy!

[ivan]

See my reply to you over on the DNS-320 forum.  The fact you have a new drive means you have the space to put your files and if your computer has a spare SATA slot you should be able to do a direct copy from that drive to the NAS.

When the files are copied you can then put the old drive in the NAS and format it.

[fordem]

Two things - you should be able to retrieve data from the disk by connecting directly to a PC running either linux or windows with an installable file system driver, and you should always back up any data that you consider valuable.

[dcleland]

You mean I should back-up the back-up device?