![]() Unfortunately, I see no evidence to support this. Steps 1 and 2 should recover your data (if you’re running a mirror configuration) Steps 3-7 will migrate this data to the new, larger, array if the drives are supported by the firmware. Configure the new drives in the WD utility (e.g.Disconnect the unit and replace these 500GB drives with a matched-set of larger drives.Connect the unit to a data connection (computer).Connect power only to the unit, and let it rebuild overnight.I picked up a WD5000AZRX new on sale, and that’s working with this unit. Replace your 500GB failed drive with a WD green 500GB drive.It would appear, therefore, that if these units would support larger hard disk drives (unclear), the order of operations would be these: ![]() Since last posting, I have discovered that WD MyBook dual-drive units use a sort of soft-RAID (storing configuration information on the drive rather than letting the hardware figure out where the bits should go).
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