A Drive Failure Occurs among Drives 3–6
1Double-click the icon to start NAS Navigator2.
2Right-click on your TeraStation's icon, then click Open Remote Desktop. For Mac OS, click the TeraStation's icon while holding down the control key, then click Open Remote Desktop.
3Enter the username and password, then press the Enter key. Windows Storage Server will open in the remote desktop.
Note: The default username and password are "Administrator" and "password".
4The error message (E30) will be displayed in Buffalo Dashboard.
5Click Dismount Drive X (where "X" is the number of the failed drive).
6When the message "Removal of the drive completed." is displayed, click OK.
The status LED will stop flashing and glow steadily.
7 If your TeraStation has a front cover, open it with the included key.
8 Push the unlock button of the failed hard drive and swing the lock mechanism out.
9 Pull out the hard drive cartridge and remove it from the TeraStation.
10 Insert the new hard drive (sold separately) into the empty slot. Slide the drive in with the locking mechanism open.
11 Swing the lock back down until it clicks into place.
12 Close the front cover with the included key. If the hard drive was replaced while the TeraStation was off, power it on now.
13 Buffalo Dashboard will show the drive status "Getting...".
14 After the drive status changes to "Normal", open Administrative Tools and double-click Computer Management in Windows Storage Server.
15 Click Disk Management.
16 Right-click the new drive and select Initialize Disk.
17 Right-click the initialized hard drive and select Convert to Dynamic Disk. A RAID array cannot be built unless the hard drive is converted to a dynamic disk.
18 Select the step depending on your purpose for a created volume.
To create a new volume (except for a RAID 5 or mirrored volume):
(1) Right-click the new dynamic disk and select New Volume.
(2) Follow the instructions on the screen to create a new volume.
To restore a RAID 5 volume (RAID resynchronization):
(1) Right-click the volume labeled "Failed Redundancy" and click Restore Volume.
(2) When "Select the disk from the following list" is displayed, select the drive to restore and click OK.
Perform steps (1) and (2) for each volume that requires RAID resynchronization.
(3) Right-click the volume labeled "Missing" and select Delete Disk.
To restore a mirrored volume (RAID resynchronization):
(1) Right-click the volume labeled "Failed Redundancy" and click Remove Mirror.
(2) When "Remove Mirror" is displayed, select the drive with its status missing and click Remove Mirror.
(3) When "Are you sure you want to remove the mirror?" is displayed, click OK.
Perform steps (1) to (3) for each volume that requires RAID resynchronization.
(4) Select the new volume where mirroring will be performed and select Add Mirror.
(5) When "Add Mirror" is displayed, select the drive where mirroring will be performed with the selected volume and click Add Mirror.