Can you hack this unit to use standard internal drives?
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I am trying this tonight. The box does have two external USB ports but the internal GoFlex dock looks to be a standard SATA connection. Ill let you know how it goes.
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Yes, no problem. I personally use a standard SATA drive through, I need the capacity. Works like a charm...
251149
Yes you should be able to do this using something like Clonezilla or Accronis I believe. However, if you are cloning your main drive to the external, you will not be able to use it during that time of course.
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Yes, you can just use it as a regular SATA controller, you don't have to set up RAID if you don't want to. That's how I use it.
641985
No this is a formatted pic hdd. You may be able to attempt an external hook up with it but not an internal swap. I'd do some Google searching though I'm not sure if this one will work externally due to its size.
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Yes you can as you have a slot for it. You will need to clone over the existing install or reinstall Windows. There are also USB enclosures and normal SATA adapters.
810701
Yes you can. If you are going to replace the drives try to go with the same name drives or at least 7200 RPM.
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Yes, treat it as a standard removable usb drive, don't run the "backup" software.
1959783
Sorry no. It's just a standard DVDRW drive that's in-built. At least my particular model's is in-built.
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You can configure the drive however you like (raid 1 or 0) and it works stand-alone or daisy chained. It's a very flexible and reliable drive.
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Yes, you should be able to. I initially had some issues with Toshiba USB 3.0 portable hard disks and one DS214+ and for efficiency sake just switched to Western Digital drives. Never re-checked the Toshibas to see if it might have been a temporary incompatibility that went away with updates to the DSM software on the DiskStation.
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I wouldn't do that. I'd use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your drive first. If you can.
889481
I do not think so. This is the RAID version of the enclosure so it will reformat the drives to a single volume. Look at the non-RAID version and it might be able to do what you want.
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Not as a standard option, the connections are but drives are not, if you are willing to access the Linus O/S then here is a link to consider: http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/encrypted-filesystem
760797
You can but, I don't know if you'll see improved I/O. I'm not sure what the SATA interface is to the drive. If it's an older generation you may not see improved throughput. Chances are you will see improved I/O. Just not sure how much.
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Yes you can! Simply leave the unit in JBOD mode and install any drives to access them. The drives will not be reformatted or overwritten. Please let us know if you have further questions. Oyen Digital Support
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You sure can. I formatted the drive to use it as a Linux installation disk.