Will i be able to view each inserted drive independently? I want them to be separate not combined. Would like use 1 as a backup to the other.
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your computer will show each drive separately that is connected to the computer. Separate power buttons allow for turning on only the drive you want to work with.
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Yes, it will be able to view each hard drive independently.It will show two separate drive on your computer when you put into two hard drives.It is support 1 as a backup to the other.Thnak you.
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Yes, you will see them separately. However, this particular model only has one power button. Orico makes other models with more features.
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Yes. Each backup type (i.e., different drive) requires a different "script" and you can create as many scripts as you want. I backup to one internal drive and two external drives.
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I use mine as a manual back up. You connect to your computer and it registers as another drive automatically.
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Yes, two drives performing a redundant service. If one drive fails, all of your data is retained on the other. When the failed drive is replaced all data is again stored to both drives. This means there is only 2TB of storage.
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I haven't tried it, but I don't see why not. Make a folder completely separate from the one where the backups are being directed, and put anything you want in that folder.
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Hi Charles, I have two of these drives, the first one I configured myself to RAID 1, which I use to store my most important files, due to the redundancy. The second drive I left as is, which is RAID 0, which I use as a working drive where I need speed. Once I finish my job and edit the files, I store them on the first drive. I have them daisy chained together and have not encountered any problems. Hope this helps! I love these drives, very fast, good build quality and quiet. Good quality for the money.
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I just used one HD and screwed it in to the holes in the bottom part of the chassis. Not sure what I would do about the second drive.
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Basic rule of thumb is that this will take up 2 slots. Exactly two. If you only have one Drive slot available, then no.
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Your computer should be able to read more than one external drive at the time. Most likely, the issue seems to be a conflict of IDs assigned to each (ED) when we connect an (ED), then when we connect a 2nd (ED), then the 2nd (ED) is trying to use an ID that has already been assigned to the 1st (ED), therefore, the 2nd (ED) stays "offline" to avoid a conflict with the 1st (ED). The technical term is "The disk is offline because it has a signature collision with another disk that is online" To make the 2nd and 3rd, and 4th (ED) to be online, then you have to go to: - Computer Management - Disk Management - Scroll down so you can see your external drives - You will notice that the 1st (ED) is "Online" - You will notice that the other (EDs) are "Offline" - Right-Click on "Offline" and a shortcut menu will give the option to turn (ED) "Online" - Wait for a few seconds and now that (ED) will become available to be used. I hope these findings will help you guys minimize your frustrations as I had them before I found this solution
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I did add a second hard drive, but I am no pro. The metal plate blocking the slot is a knock out, so I got pliers and ripped it (gently,) out. I had to go buy a cable (I bought a longer version of the cable that attached the drive to my old computer) and simply installed it in the same way my old drive was installed. I may simply have gotten lucky. I remember an old conversation about making one drive a slave to the other, but I didn't do anything like that, and the drives are both working, so maybe I did get lucky. You are better off talking to a real tech guy, and someone who is 20 years younger than I am.
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This unit has drives already installed. You want the diskless version if you want to pick your own drives
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If you have a Black and Green mirrored together, it will handle writes at only the speed of the slower drive - both drives must be written. Reads should be shared between the drives - I dunno if the OS would be smart enough to do more reads from the Black than the Green - I wouldn't count on it. Overall, not recommended. Best to use two of the same drives for a mirror.
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Inside the enclosure there are two (2) independent hardisks. RAID 1 redundancy works just as expected, with one drive mirroring the other. It hasn't happened to me yet, but the literature says that in case of a crash. you simply replace the bad drive with a new one and the device will sync itself up, automatically. If the drive is under warranty, you call WD and they'll ship you a replacement drive. The case is designed so that the user can replace the drive easily. So, it's not marketing BS. It works as expected.
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I do this all the time with my WD boxes (the discontinued Sharespace ones). The disks are visible in Windows explorer, just like the shared Public folder. This doesn't seem to work with Seagate. I have a USB drive attached to one of my Seagate boxes right now but the box is ignoring the attached drive. I have used the USB ports to import data, but in my experience this is a very flakey connection that can not be relied upon.
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like everyone else said you will see 4 separate drives if you are looking to pool your drives though I would suggest StableBit DrivePool it isn't free but it works great and it is only $20
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Yes, because each disk is a copy of each other. Therefore you have only one usable independent disk.
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Good question. My IT brother says to use 2 external hard drives & back each of them up periodically, but keep one off-site. Other opinions/ideas?