Seagate ST2000VM003 Network Drive

r2015

I have a Seagate Central ST2000VM003 network drive that I want to put a larger hard drive in.


How do I copy the boot/OS software to another hard drive?

enfield_freddy

I cannot seem to google that number , can you link to it or describe it better?


is it a network drive (nas) with its own CPU etc and an Ethernet port , or just a basic drive


is this topic related to your system


http://www.seagate.com/gb/en/manuals/network-storage/business-storage-nas-os/nas-os-setup/empty-enclosure/

r2015

This one


http://www.seagate.com/gb/en/external-hard-drives/home-entertainment/media-sharing-devices/seagate-central/


ST2000VM003-1CT164


Sorry I gave the wrong number.

enfield_freddy

ok without spending a great deal of time , it looks to be a nas drive


replace the drive , follow https://youtu.be/-ptZT9TMR84


this should allow you to format/setup your new drive (Linux type format)


very possible that the drive that comes out will not be able to be read on a windows setup , and if you wish to use itt , you will have to reformat it

Fightsback

enfield_freddy wrote: »

very possible that the drive that comes out will not be able to be read on a windows setup , and if you wish to use itt , you will have to reformat it

For info

If it's ext linux format you can read it under windows, all you need to do is install a driver for it:

http://www.ext2fsd.com/

NB I'd only trust it for read only and not writing.

r2015

replace the drive , follow https://youtu.be/-ptZT9TMR84

All that video does is show me how to set it up not how to get the OS software onto a larger drive.

enfield_freddy

r2015 wrote: »

All that video does is show me how to set it up not how to get the OS software onto a larger drive.

yes , but like the dlink one I am using , you use the software interface to communicate and set up the new drive

Fightsback

It's a right royal PIA to recover data due to a weird ext block size:

http://myanwyn.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/how-to-recover-seagate-central-data.html

and

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/11/21/the_cloud_that_goes_puff_seagate_central_home_nas_woes/

One to avoid.

r2015

One to avoid

I can't, I have one.

yes , but like the dlink one I am using , you use the software interface to communicate and set up the new drive

I know how to communicate with it I have had it for 2 years and it still doesn't help me install a larger drive and copy/install the OS onto the new drive.

enfield_freddy

is the o/s on the system? or is it like most other nas drives help on the board that holds the CPU?


a nas drive is generally a small computer with its own OS that has facilities to hold drives


the drives do not hold the os




at least on the ones I have used


but if you think differently , I cannot help anymore

r2015

or is it like most other nas drives help on the board that holds the CPU?

Are you referring to the computer motherboard or the drive enclosure?

the drives do not hold the os

So how come my computer will not boot without a hard drive connected.


So why does it take a few minutes to "boot" and become usable whereas my USB drive is usable immediately?

Also what software or OS is accessed when I use a web browser and go to 192.168.0.2?

Or is the OS embedded in the hardware of the drive and not on the drive and I should just be able to swap out the drive?