Chupa Chupa macrumors G5 Original poster Jul 16, 2002 14,835 7,396 Jul 22, 2011 #1 I have a FW800 Drobo w/ 4 drives in it. If I removes those 4 drives together and put in 2 new drives can I later access the 4 old drives if I reinsert them as a set or will Drobo erase them?
I have a FW800 Drobo w/ 4 drives in it. If I removes those 4 drives together and put in 2 new drives can I later access the 4 old drives if I reinsert them as a set or will Drobo erase them?
Q qwerty9 macrumors newbie Jul 20, 2011 9 0 Jul 22, 2011 #2 Replace ? Any drive you replace in to DROBO, should be formatted or it will format it as a part of preparing the inserted new disk for DROBO RAID and stuff. So, all that you should do is, try accessing those drives from a different system other than Drobo.
Replace ? Any drive you replace in to DROBO, should be formatted or it will format it as a part of preparing the inserted new disk for DROBO RAID and stuff. So, all that you should do is, try accessing those drives from a different system other than Drobo.