My thoughts on the 30GB working and not the 500GB working. One thing that comes to my mind would be a power supply issue. A way to test this is to take a PC power supply that's around the house and hook up ONLY the hard drive. Then power on the Snap1000 and see if you still have the same problem.
Another thought would be the fiscal lack of RAM in the 1000=32MB; 1100=64MB.
There is a way via com1 on the Snap4000 to turn fsck off, BUT I cannot remember the command AND I don't know if they removed this with your SnapOS.
I'll have to hook up the com1 and load the same version SnapOS you have and see if it is present like it was on the earlier version I saw via com1 on Snap4000. On top of this, if it's applicable for the Snap1000 is another consideration.
I had this happen to me on my 250GB Snap1000. How I got around it was to upgrade the snapos from v3.4.805 to your newest version and that fixed it.
This could have been caused by a file os corruption and reloading it could have corrected it OR the upgrade could have. Either way , it's an option.
Snap1100 also has an updated BIOS and 64MB other then that they are basically the same unit. The 500GB should work in either or the 1000 OR 1100. But I would keep the Snap1100 over the Snap1000 just based on the extra RAM 64MB.
I would do this on Snap1000.
1.) Test the hard drive. checks ok then
2.) Power only the hard drive with and external PC power supply if no change
3.) Try to reinstall via Assist your SnapOS again.
Recover question should be addressed after all else fails.
Note on "2.)" This is just to test and not to be run contently without some sort of cooling fan on the unit otherwise the unit may over heat.
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Originally Posted by microsvc
Update: I removed the 500gB drive and put in the old 30gB drive the server had originally. Its working fine on the 30gB. I have been researching these forums and found that many cant get 500gB to work on a 1000, but I did for a bit. Odd.
I also read that 320gB works in all cases, so I'm going to take that route. I'm going to run Spinrite on this drive and report the results, but I think the drive is fine. If that's the case, how can I recover the data from this 500gB drive?
What's the difference between a 1000 and a 1100?
Would the 500gB work on an 1100?
Thanks for all the responses to my three questions!
~bOb
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