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Tom.W · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 6635

How important is disabling the parking ? Just not quite sure I'm ready to start mucking around in the HDD bios yet. Is this only required on the WD greens and why is it a problem ? WD could have made it easier to change.....

CIR Engineering · Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:08 am Post subject:

It is very important to disable parking on LINUX based OS's which the DUNE is. If you don't, the HD will reach end of life in less than two years. You can wait a little while and play for now, but don't wait forever. It is really EASY to disable parking. Just download the link I posted, burn the ISO, and boot to the CD live. Then just type what I posted and you are done. You can always put it back the way it was, but once your HD wears it's over.

Your HD will be fine for a while to mess around with, but don't wait forever to disable parking...

craigr

Tom.W · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 6635

Tom.W · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 6635

CIR Engineering · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:01 pm Post subject:

The HD must be connected to a SATA port on the MB of the PC that you are using. Also, it's best to set the SATA port to IDE in the PC BIOS setup screen. Some of the drives I have had flashed fine with AHCI enabled, but others needed to be set to IDE in the bios first.

I always just do one drive at a time, but they say all drives connected that are WD will be flashed to the specified value simultaneously.

craigr

Tom.W · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 6635

Thanks Craig we were able to disable parking on all the drives per your instructions. Filled two 3 Tb drives so far and working on a third ! Yadis is next.... Craig why not start a thread for new Dune users ? Thumbs Up

Phoenixed · Joined: 13 Oct 2011 Posts: 514 Location: The mitten

Is LCC (load cycling) still an issue with the 3tbs? I thought the issue was limited to the sub 3tb drives.

CIR Engineering · Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:12 am Post subject:

CIR Engineering · Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:13 am Post subject:

Tom.W · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 6635

I have two external 3Tb WD Green drives fully loaded and now I need to back them on on two new external 3Tb WD Green drives. The problem is this. I'm using WD Smartware v1.6.4 and I have Microsoft.net framework 4 installed on my XP. According to instructions I open the software, go to home then highlight the drive to copy to then hit backup and choose the drive to backup. In the home menu nothing happens when I try to highlight the drive to copy to or from and if I click backup it only gives me the option to backup my C drive ?
On the home page I see all three drives in my case the E and F drive but no means to copy the E to the F drive ? Confused

Phoenixed · Joined: 13 Oct 2011 Posts: 514 Location: The mitten

Prolly because it (the software) thinks "why would anyone wanna backup an external/internal non-system drive?" Can't you just click and drag the files?

Tom.W · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 6635

No

CIR Engineering · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:22 am Post subject:

I user TeraCopy for large file transfers.

http://codesector.com/teracopy

craigr

Tom.W · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 6635

Thanks Craig. The only things stored on the WD drives are ISO files can I use this to clone an entire drive to a new one all at one time ? I was hoping the WD software could easily perform this function. Has anyone successfully used the WD software to make a back up drive other then the C drive ?

CIR Engineering · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:18 pm Post subject:

I have never used any WD software, except Data Lifeguard Diagnostic. Why do you have to clone the drives anyway? Why can't you just copy the files?

If you use TeraCopy, select the option to verify the data after the copies are finished. It takes twice as long as a copy, but you can be sure that the copy is exact that way.

So are you literally just making duplicates of your drives? If so, why not go NAS because that way you would only need one redundant drive out of your four and have full redundancy of all your data.

craigr

Tom.W · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 6635

Thanks again Craig, Downloaded TeraCopy and so far it appears to be working like a charm ! Cool

Tom.W · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 6635

Ok here is the problem. I have the WD drive formatted for NTFS (ISO files}that I did using the WD software but when I loaded the drive in the DUNE I got an error that I have to format the disc using the Dune but if I do that it erases all the data Shocked

Now here is the rub if I format a blank drive using the Dune and try to copy the drive using my PC I have to reformat it again using WD software or the computer no longer sees the drive ?

Is there a way to format a blank drive in the Dune and copy a loaded external drive through the Dune USB port ?

CIR Engineering · Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 3:07 pm Post subject:

The Dune should be able to understand NTFS so it shoudl work in the PC and the DUNE. You might be hitting an issue with the large block size on the new WD drives, but I never had that problem when I was using 2TB drives in my DUNE. You sould try fromatting the WD in the DUNE as NTFS and then checking to see if the drive works in the computer...

But the DUNE and windows should both be using GPT (not MBR) on those large drives.

craigr

Tom.W · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 6635

QUOTE:
You should try formatting the WD in the DUNE as NTFS and then checking to see if the drive works in the computer...

Yep I tried that but after formatting w/the dune (in NTFS) my PC no longer saw the drive. I had to format the drive with the WD software again before my PC could recognize the drive. When the drive is formatted for NTFS in the Dune it wipes the drive clean....

Tom.W · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 6635

I forgot that on my computer the ISO files have been tagged to mount with Virtual Clone Drive. How should the files be tagged to mount using the Dune?
Also how do I add that option to my computer so I can re tag the files to open with the Dune as it doesn't of course see the Dune as an option...