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Mark BellJul 27, 2025
How to hot swap failed drives on a QNAP Enclosure?
- MMr. Peter LynchJul 27, 2025
To hot-swap failed drives on a QNAP Enclosure: 1. Log on to QTS. 2. Go to Main Menu > Storage & Snapshots > Storage > External Storage. 3. Locate the failed drive. 4. Prepare a new hard drive with the same or larger capacity. 5. Remove the failed drive from the RAID enclosure and wait for 30 seconds or until the enclosure beeps twice. 6. Remove the failed drive from the drive tray, insert the new drive, and install it. 7. Wait for 30 seconds or until the enclosure beeps twice. 8. Go to Main Menu > Storage & Snapshots > Storage > Storage/Snapshots and verify the status of the volume containing the new drive is Rebuilding.