Qnap system drive error single drive replacement

johnw100 · 31 Oct 2022 at 06:41

Hi all

So my 4 yr old qnap nas has started throwing up errors on the system drive which is a single drive not a raid, I know I know, my stupid fault for using a single drive.
Just wondering best course of action to fix it?
Think I can just remove it and create a copy on a PC using an identical new hard disk.?
Pop it back in and then create a new raid with a second new disk without losing data. Just rather not have to do a clean start, unless a backup and restore will do the job of all the important settings etc needed.

Thanks

Snapshot · 1 Nov 2022 at 07:24

The drive is probably formatted as EXT4 which won't be easily readable on a PC. I would save the data somewhere else, make a backup of the system settings, create a RAID10 with two new drives, restore the system settings then restore the data.

m4cc45 · 1 Nov 2022 at 15:30

I don't use QNAP, but can you just use the inbuilt backup feature to back it up to USB, replace the drive and rebuild the OS then restore from the USB stick?

It may take a little time.

M.

johnw100 · 1 Nov 2022 at 17:29

Thanks both. yes will be doing what you suggested, just waiting for my new drive to arrive.

johnw100 · 2 Nov 2022 at 09:15

ok well that didnt quite go to plan,
I removed the faulty single drive after power down and put in a new drive. And now on restart the second drive has a smart error . I thought i`d pulled the wrong drive at first so i reconnected the old one in place of the new drive but it was the same.
#confused#