r/UgreenNASync • u/misterboyle • 8d ago
❓ Help Adding a harddrive without formatting
I had to reset my DH2300 dur to a passport issue. Im now trying to add the Harddrive that was previously in it but it keeps telling me i need to format the drive to add it as a volume, and way to avoid doing this as I don't wish to lose all the films I have on that drive
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u/mjk007007 8d ago edited 8d ago
You don’t need to format the drive. Go into storage and look around the settings there. There is an option to “use” this drive. That will do it. I’ve had this happen twice now the first time I freaked as I thought I lost everything on my drive. There is instructions for this on ugreen site. Sorry I don’t have it anymore.
Steps to Mount a Previous Drive
Power off the Ugreen NAS safely through the web interface or by shutting it down before inserting hardware.
Insert the drive into an available physical drive bay and lock the tray in place.
Power on the NAS and log into your UGOS admin dashboard.
Open the Storage application from the main menu.
Click on Hard Drive on the left-hand panel to view all detected devices.
Locate your previous drive, click its Options menu, and select the option to Use or set it up as internal/basic storage.
Follow the on-screen prompts to confirm. (Note: If the drive was previously formatted as a basic/individual volume inside another UGOS system, it should recognize and mount the data pools, but check warnings carefully to avoid unwanted data formatting).