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I want to install another hard disk in my NSA.
• The NSA has one internal hard disk bay. It can only support one internal hard
disk.
• You can attach an external (SATA) hard disk to your NSA. Use the eSATA port in
the rear panel of the device. The hard disk can be configured as an internal
volume in the Storage > Volume screen. See
for
more details.
Installing or replacing a hard drive.
Do not remove or install the hard drive while the NSA is turned on.
The NSA must be turned off before you remove or install the hard
drive.
1
Turn the NSA off, remove the front panel and the drive tray and make sure:
• there is a SATA I or SATA 3.0 Gbit/s compatible hard drive installed.
• the hard drive is installed correctly in the drive tray. Push the tray back into
NSA drive bay until the screw hole at the top of the drive tray is flush with the
drive bay (see the NSA Quick Start Guide and
• the hard drive could be faulty. Try a different hard drive or test the original
hard drive in a different NSA or computer.
2
If you had to replace the drive, turn on the NSA and go to the Storage screen.
I want to install my internal (SATA) hard disk and access the data inside it.
The NSA needs to install its firmware on the internal (SATA) hard disk. It formats
the hard disk and creates partitions such that the firmware is installed on one
partition, and data is stored on another. In the process, the NSA deletes all
existing data in the hard disk.
I want to connect my external (SATA) hard disk and access the data inside it.