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Add HDD from QNAP NAS without loosing data

Posted: 20 Sep 2021, 19:43
by GJ86
Hello,
after my qnap HS251 stop working i dicided to buy Terra-Mastre F5-221. I bought one new hard drive and start it.
But now i have to add my old hard drive with a lot of important (private) data like photos etc.
Is it posible to do this with serwer only
I don't know mybe with some telenet/ssh comand to copy whole old drive to new one and after that format the old one.


Thx. for help

Re: Add HDD from QNAP NAS without loosing data

Posted: 20 Sep 2021, 22:41
by titanrx8
Probably safest way would be to use a sata cable to connect the drive to the USB port and copy the data onto the installed volume.