Hard drive can switch?

raucht · 03-20-2008, 09:06 AM

I have a snap 2200 and 4000 will hard drive work on 4000 from 2200 will lost files?

Lone_Gunman · 03-20-2008, 03:04 PM

You might want to try clarifying your statment again. What exactly do you have in terms of hardware. what is a 2200, and a 4000. Generally moving hard drives between machines will not result in data loss. If it is a primary OS hard drive and you put it into a new machine, it will boot but you will likely get all sorts of hardware and driver conflicts as the OS is set up for a specific hardware profile (ie the machine you took the drive out of).

blue68f100 · 03-20-2008, 03:25 PM

The 4000's and 2200's use different OS componets during the Install. The drives can be move from a 2200 to 4000 provided that it is = or > capacity. Doing so you will loose the 2200. The 2200 has the OS strored on the HD, unlike the 4000 flashram. So you need to save at least one of the HD's if you plan on ever using the 2200 again. The other option is to make a image file of the 2200 boot tracks. I would suggest you confirm what ever HD you elect to save, make sure it will boot. If in RAID configuration, you may loose your data. Raid 1 Mirror, once you change the config back to JOBD, will retain everything on drive1. If in RAID 0 you will loose ALL Data. The instructions can be found it the wiki section of this forum and maybe the FAQ's. Link in my signature. I recommend that you use the mfg utility and erase the HD before installing in the 4000.

I would suggest you read the FAQ's to know what the differences are between the 2 units.

Lone_Gunman · 03-20-2008, 03:56 PM

I assume then you are talking about NAS devices?

blue68f100 · 03-20-2008, 04:21 PM

This thread cover Snap NAS Servers. SnapOS and GuardianOS units. All PC related problems are covered on other threads.

Phoenix32 · 03-20-2008, 10:04 PM

No. One has the OS in flashram and the other has it on disk.

Lone_Gunman, I suspect you found your way into this area of the forum by mistake.

The Name of this board within the forum is "Snap Server Technical Goodies".

Yes the Snap Servers are NAS devices (and more).

03-20-2008, 09:06 AM	#1
raucht Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: US Posts: 22	Hard drive can switch? I have a snap 2200 and 4000 will hard drive work on 4000 from 2200 will lost files?

03-20-2008, 03:04 PM	#2
Lone_Gunman Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Vancouver Posts: 6	Re: Hard drive can switch? You might want to try clarifying your statment again. What exactly do you have in terms of hardware. what is a 2200, and a 4000. Generally moving hard drives between machines will not result in data loss. If it is a primary OS hard drive and you put it into a new machine, it will boot but you will likely get all sorts of hardware and driver conflicts as the OS is set up for a specific hardware profile (ie the machine you took the drive out of). __________________ Current Rig: Mobo Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 CPU AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+ RAM 2x OCZ Gold 1GB PC6400 Video RIP (Nuked) XFX GeForce 8800GS Alpha Dog 384mb New Video XFX GeForce 8800GT Alpha Dog 512mb PSU Mushkin HP-550 Cooling Air soon to be H2o Overclocks Running stock for now

03-20-2008, 03:25 PM	#3
blue68f100 Thermophile Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3,135	Re: Hard drive can switch? The 4000's and 2200's use different OS componets during the Install. The drives can be move from a 2200 to 4000 provided that it is = or > capacity. Doing so you will loose the 2200. The 2200 has the OS strored on the HD, unlike the 4000 flashram. So you need to save at least one of the HD's if you plan on ever using the 2200 again. The other option is to make a image file of the 2200 boot tracks. I would suggest you confirm what ever HD you elect to save, make sure it will boot. If in RAID configuration, you may loose your data. Raid 1 Mirror, once you change the config back to JOBD, will retain everything on drive1. If in RAID 0 you will loose ALL Data. The instructions can be found it the wiki section of this forum and maybe the FAQ's. Link in my signature. I recommend that you use the mfg utility and erase the HD before installing in the 4000. I would suggest you read the FAQ's to know what the differences are between the 2 units. __________________ 1 Snap 4500 - 1.0T (4 x 250gig WD2500SB RE), Raid5, 1 Snap 4500 - 1.6T (4 x 400gig Seagates), Raid5, 1 Snap 4200 - 4.0T (4 x 2gig Seagates), Raid5, Using SATA converts from Andy Link to SnapOS FAQ's http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=13820

03-20-2008, 03:56 PM	#4
Lone_Gunman Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Vancouver Posts: 6	Re: Hard drive can switch? I assume then you are talking about NAS devices? __________________ Current Rig: Mobo Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 CPU AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+ RAM 2x OCZ Gold 1GB PC6400 Video RIP (Nuked) XFX GeForce 8800GS Alpha Dog 384mb New Video XFX GeForce 8800GT Alpha Dog 512mb PSU Mushkin HP-550 Cooling Air soon to be H2o Overclocks Running stock for now

03-20-2008, 04:21 PM	#5
blue68f100 Thermophile Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3,135	Re: Hard drive can switch? This thread cover Snap NAS Servers. SnapOS and GuardianOS units. All PC related problems are covered on other threads. __________________ 1 Snap 4500 - 1.0T (4 x 250gig WD2500SB RE), Raid5, 1 Snap 4500 - 1.6T (4 x 400gig Seagates), Raid5, 1 Snap 4200 - 4.0T (4 x 2gig Seagates), Raid5, Using SATA converts from Andy Link to SnapOS FAQ's http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=13820

03-20-2008, 10:04 PM	#6
Phoenix32 Thermophile Join Date: May 2006 Location: Yakima, WA Posts: 1,282	Re: Hard drive can switch? No. One has the OS in flashram and the other has it on disk. Lone_Gunman, I suspect you found your way into this area of the forum by mistake. The Name of this board within the forum is "Snap Server Technical Goodies". Yes the Snap Servers are NAS devices (and more).

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