Format used NAS drives for windows

reuse former NAS hard Drive in Windows environment. Getting your PC to find it.
Link to cloning tutorial video • 4 Bay 3.5/2.5" HDD & S...
SABRENT 4-Bay USB 3.0 SATA 2.5"/3.5" SSD/HDD Docking Station DS-U3B4 (Amazon 4 or two bay with clone)
Download AOMEI partition assistant en.softonic.co...

[@jorgejuan439]

Thanks for sharing. Here is another way to accomplish the same thing: Open a CMD as administrator, at the prompt type diskpart and press enter as follows: C:\Windows\System32>diskpart (press enter) DISKPART> list disk (a list of your disk shows) select the disk you want: DISKPART> sel disk 1 (or 2 or whatever disk number you want) Disk 1 is now the selected disk. Execute the Clean command as follows: DISKPART> Clean DiskPart succeeded in cleaning your disk. Disk will now show as a new disk in disk management These steps will reset the hard drive as it was new and any data on it would be lost.

[@BrianWhiting]

Thanks, I so forgot about this method to reset a configured NAS drive back to a regular HDD. Just remind people they need to restart the PC so they can do the configuration in Disk Management later.

[@SDTracyHarper]

Wonderful job.

[@daggerf5]

Thank you you are a wonder!

[@andyfry.wireless]

VERY HELPFULL - Thanks a million..!! :)

[@Li.Siyuan]

I suspect that just using AOMEI to look at your drive might show it as an unrecognised HDD on which you could then delete partition-create partition-format might just do the same thing and much, much quicker.

[@peterwrulon-photography]

I didn't see drive at all. Got the plug in beep. But nothing could find it even AOMEI

[@user-cv1zk5nn8s]

thank you

[@peterwrulon-photography]

You're welcome

[@omarkhshi3442]

thank you for the helpful video I have a WD hard drive my book live with ethernet I just found out that these devices been hacked good thing my drive was not connected at the time so I know still function very well so what is your opinion to clone this NAS drive safely thank you

[@claudewright8777]

Did you lose everything on the Nas Drive?

[@peterwrulon-photography]

Yes all of the Nas data gone

[@claudewright8777]

Did you lose everything on the bad drive?

[@peterwrulon-photography]

This technique erases all data. When in Nas drive fails and you set up as raid drive. Plop a new one in and system rebuilds data