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[baldur]

Hi
I had 2 hdd with a lot of data and i would like use them without
formatting. Any solution for this?
thanx

[FurryNutz]

Link>Welcome!

• What Hardware version is your DNS? Look at the sticker behind or under the device.
• Link>What Firmware version is currently loaded? Found on the DNSs web page under status.
• What region are you located?

Are these drives already in the 320L or are you trying to install drives with data on them already? if so, then you'll need to back up the data on these drives before you install them into the 320L. All DNS products will format to DNS specs whether using standard HDD formatting or any RAID configurations on first installation.

[ivan]

To expand on what FurryNutz said. 

The DNS-320L, like almost all small NAS boxes use software defined RAID (RAID in this case includes single standard disks) and as such needs to format the disks to write that structure.  The actual format for the file system is the Linux Ext3/4/5 format.

It is possible to move a set of disks from one NAS to another IF the NAS boxes are the sane brand and series with the same firmware and still maintain the integrity of the data (even then it is recommended that a full backup be made in case of problems).

Disks that have been formatted by the windows operating system are NOT compatible with most small NAS boxes and need to be formatted in the NAS when they are first installed.

In this case I assume these disks are from a computer.  If that is the case then you need to make a backup of the data on them (even if the computer was Linux based) before installing them in the NAS and setting them up there.  You then use that backup to restore the data.

[baldur]

thanks i understant.

[FurryNutz]

Good Luck.