Turn Your Old Computer Into A NAS For Free! - FreeNAS 2020 Tutorial

In today's video, I will be showing you how to make your very own cloud for free! This is called a NAS and it stands for Network-attached storage. Meaning that if you don't trust the large companies with your files you can now create your very own cloud using software called FreeNAS. If you have an old computer or laptop this will end up costing you absolutely nothing! You can run software like Plex and Samba shares on it too. Making your life a lot easier.
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[@CNYKnifeNerd]

Saaayyyy... you have a voice for raaadio...

[@Bear-form]

The Nazzz

[@catchdjaks]

Yes.. Actually

[@notsure7874]

I got a face for radio, and a voice for print!

[@saiverx]

Compressor does wonders

[@MichaelButlerC]

How do you produce that sound with your vocal chords!?

[@pancake_king1106]

Yesss please make a video on VMs and port forwarding

[@MrRaven2514]

Keep in mind that port forwarding opens that port open to the entire internet including the shady side of it as well. Make sure you secure it...

[@johnnycaps1]

Great info. Lots of old Windows computers will not be able to get anymore security updates starting around October 2025. You're helping keep these computers out of the landfill. Awesome! Thanks!

[@SPMG769]

BTW, I would like to see you post a more in depth guide on FreeNAS; your method of explanation is easy to grasp and apply. 👍🏿

[@robnilson3613]

followed the video pretty much step by step, got it working, all is well, copying data from my PC to the NAS now, Thanks, Really appreciate the video and it's ease, now off to figure out PLEX

[@huetrojas1587]

couldn't you make multiple partitions on your drive? one for the OS rest for storage.

[@leonardfluhart3532]

Thats a good question I might look into that

[@spradeep]

No, ZFS doesn't work like that

[@justminibanana9128]

does it work with external hdd's? i have 2TB

[@atetraxx]

Ye

[@laurenthebert3078]

Very nice! I want to do this exact setup but I just have three questions : 1. Will using external usb HDD work or it needs to be the internal one? 2. You said that the HDD in the comuper gets wiped when you set FreeNas up. Is there a way to instal a linus OS on the computers disk after the fact and switch between FreeNAS and Linux? 3. Do you know how is the battery consumption on this setup since the laptop will be plugged in 24/7? thanks for making this video I can't wait to try it out :)

[@HimanshuGupta-pm3yv]

Can we access it from anywhere via internet ?

[@abu0082]

Makes sense since you can't connect using an iPhone, iPhone's aren't slightly open source, while Android it's.

[@Steal_Tanker]

Notice in the reflection of his pc case's glass that his bed isn't exactly 100% xD Awe This guy puts us first instead of bed, dam that dedication xD.

[@AdityaSauravadi_saurav]

Can we access files over internet?

[@juanramirez6928]

Bro this video was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you! You should make a video on the rest of the features 🤟

[@PiyathPamuditha]

Can you make a tutorial about, How to Install TrueNas and Plugins on same SSD (by splitting the SSD) ? That would be so helpful. Regards from Sri Lanka

[@lse123polis]

My PC HP desktop is unable to boot on usb stick, only on DVD or actual C:/ drive, can install freeNAS on hdd C:/ dual boot Windows 10 home, and use external USB devices HDDs or USB Sticks for NAS Storage??

[@AndyKunkel]

Thanks for the quick and easy tutorial, SUBBED.

[@crisscrossam]

nice video! i just saw some unraid stuff and thought it would be way more technical or harder to set up than unraid but it seems to be pretty simple if you just want a basic NAS server. i just have one question: if i have multiple drives in the NAS and configure them into a pool, how will they be configured? which type of RAID will it use?

[@blakeds1]

I had two issues, small but just two. First, you were showing the process really fast, a more normal pace would've been amazing. Two, you didn't really show a simple method. Other video were more simplified which made things easier to follow. Still gave you a thumbs up.

[@Hey_Im_Jim]

This was a very nice and informative video, thanks!

[@timothyabutal]

More tutorials? Like other functionality of it? I love how you explain stuff

[@gianlucavaccaro1051]

Many thanks for the video! Does it support RAID 1 or more?

[@CNYKnifeNerd]

Supports RAID 0,1,1E,5,6,10,50,60

[@whatwouldyoudoslides8038]

Bro your voice is ,👌👌you got a Hollywood voice

[@lowellfultz1990]

The clearest video I've seen on this subject so far. Thank you! Hope you wouldn't mind answering a question...if I do this on a Desktop that has 2 Hard Drives, and one has Windows 10 installed, and say I wanted to boot to Windows 10 occasionally, will that be a problem? Meaning, does the FreeNAS install break Windows 10, and then when I boot back to FreeNAS, would it be broken then?

[@MNWCreations]

You should be able to boot to windows on a separate hard drive by accessing your bios and selecting what drive to boot from. Both can't be loaded on the same hard drive.

[@lowellfultz1990]

@@MNWCreations Gotcha. Completely answers my question. Thank you sir!

[@2u263]

Thanks for this useful tutorial. Please do a tutorial on the VM, thank you. What is the difference between Free Nas & Setting up A Linux Nas on an old Computer?

[@piercedyouth]

Hello. At around 3:00 into the video you say that "if you are not using a lap top which is technically, not recommended..." but you don't really elaborate on this. could you explain what you mean by that? are you saying it is not recommended that you install FreeNAS on a desktop? Are you saying it is not recommended that you install that particular hard drive into anything that isn't a lap top? Sorry, i just got a little confused as to what wasn't recommended? Thanks.

[@m.bilalansari6653]

First of all great video. I just wanted to know can I transfer files from any other computer using an internet connection or can I only transfer files to the NAS if it is on the same network?

[@TheMysticle]

that depends if you port forward it ;)

[@m.bilalansari6653]

@@TheMysticle can you do a video on how to port forward?

[@spradeep]

www.reddit.com/r/freenas/comments/9sm1ho/guide_for_installing_nextcloudowncloud/

[@westonverhulst]

@@TheMysticle Can you please make a video showing how to port forward?

[@vitorials536]

You should definitely do another video on how to fully set it up/ How to port forward the internet for it

[@TheMysticle]

Perfect I will definitely do that, just wanted to make sure people actually want to see it

[@joshuaSundeep]

You can even put nextcloud on it so it becumes your very own cloud storage but it's owned by you.

[@TheRafalblog]

thanks for this video I just have installed the Free Nas day ago and I have been looking at how to start the fun. Gotta say you nailed it, bro!!

[@AdityaSauravadi_saurav]

Can we acess the files over internet or mobile data?

[@TheRafalblog]

@@AdityaSauravadi_saurav yes you need to engage port forwarding in your router.

[@ChrisWhite-dt3dz]

This tutorial is okay, but my question is how do perform this process if I'm using a desktop device as my backup server for my job?

[@vitor.3724]

4 drive raid (5 or 01) is a must. If that one drive this video shows fails, your data is toast

[@rufon5562]

Raid 1 bettee

[@SPMG769]

Lol, 🤯in my infinite wisdom, I to installed directly to the SSD and got instantly frustrated 🤦🏿‍♂️. Thanks for this recap/tutorial 👍🏿

[@evanfun4220]

Can you help me in the pool section my hard drive is not showing!! plzz help

[@garmit61]

Nice clear explanation thanks. Any reason you chose Window's shares other than you're on a Windows Machine? As my computers ar Mac can you see any issue with me setting up Apple shares? My phone is Android so maybe that would have issues.

[@joealex2463]

is a 250mb usb drive enough for the installer one? I only have one 8gb and one 250mb usb drive

[@prapanchpv1123]

Wait so if the usb gets wrecked then wouldn't I lose all the data on the drive since raid data can't be recovered or something?

[@CarlosHernandez-nf4xd]

I was thinking about building hard drive array out of some old computer parts. I choose freeNAS because it uses ZFS. A very interesting filing system that make sure the files won't be corrupted. Now that you have shown me how to install makes my job easier. Thank you for your video and time. Subbed.

[@rrpedrigal]

How to add another storage or how can you expand the storage?

[@wartlme]

Think you should change the title to setup FreeNAS with SMB not Cloud NAS.

[@assakey4672]

How can I setup raid1 ... I have 2 old hard drives which are 10+years old and I just want to store my music and have confidence about not losing it in case one hdd fails

[@PssupplementreviewsbyPete]

Hey, great vid man. Have you tested FreeNAS with "Raid 0" setup? Will setting up multiple drives to a pool give an option to disks act like a Raid 0?

[@erraddict]

I would do this for a PLEX server, would that work?

[@whilhelm9511]

You keep referring to docker in FreeNAS, and saying you can run anything you can run within "linux", FreeNAS is not Linux, nor does it have Docker (technically, can work with very hacky workarounds, but FreeNAS is not using docker in any capacity).

[@jeremyocampo1529]

Help When I try to boot to my usb Freenas installer it like freezes into a black screen

[@bigO1960]

Thanks I have an old hp desktop with a 2 tb drive. Now i know what I am going to do with it. Another system drive died and I lost files I wanted. future problems solved.

[@360degreesofyou7]

Hello, what microphone you use. Thank you.

[@RyJaMu]

If you partition the hardrive could you install freenas on one partition and use the rest as samba instead off using a usb

[@nelster24]

My laptop isnt booting up after I try to run it on TrueNas from my USB? Help please.

[@FluffyskipF]

has anyone had any issues? like how do you know that the usb has freenas installed? because my server wont boot into it, even after it said freenas was installed into the usb. just wont boot into freenas

[@judethecat1]

great video mate love learning new tips and tricks be good to see full set up

[@_GhostMiner]

Running minecraft server on own computer is surprisingly easy and probably even better than paying for a server if you want to host a small server. The only drawback Is it has to be on 24/7 and if the computer is crap you might have issues with TPS/world loading.

[@l333ch0r]

ok, the part with the coffee let me close the video

[@tf8767]

could you not just run fdisk and create a seperate partition on the hard drive and not have to worry about the sketchy usb solution

[@maroofgpm]

Using the same IP method can I access using Smartphone (android & iphone) or any other OS.

[@kevinmcmullen6527]

what about using your android device, while away from home

[@MPG187]

Does the FreeNAS host have any way to run GUI applications like a WebBrowser (for researching stuff and taking notes online). If a FreeNAS host has VMs, how do you access them? Can you sit at the host and access your VMs there? I understand the primary purpose of a server is to provide services to remote machines, not to run everyday desktop apps, but being able to at least access a WebBrowser or see your VMs without requiring going to a second machine to connect it...

[@longlyhul2563]

Good voice. May you let me know your microphone model please?

[@PixelSheep]

Hey long time subscriber here - I think even before 10K :D but this already have me a pretty nice trip down memory lane :D Just searched for Nas tutorials as I'm wanting to build my own to store all my video data and well saw your channel :D Crazy how far you have come from even mid 2020 Do you know the specs of your old yoga book? I'm looking for what the minimum spec should be I can go with :)

[@nitrousman8882]

Is it still going to be free (with the new name change?) Great video. Good idea asking for content idea... but would suggest you just go ahead and do a video on using FreeNAS..... Thanks for taking time to produce it! Take care, Doug

[@justminibanana9128]

still free, just a new name.

[@Aldertonartco]

could you partition the HDD and use the seperate partition to boot? I dont like the idea of having to ue a usb the whole time...

[@AntonioCabralNumberOne]

Howcome the first time I read his name I read The My Testicle?

[@-KSH-]

AYYY, This guy is a legend!!

[@TheWild_]

What id i made a partition on my hard disk for the installation of free nas? will that give me problems too?

[@brandongamingnl9753]

*some* of the buttons to get in tge boot menu on different motherboards: F2 F8 F10 F12 DEL ESC Most common ones are F2 Or F12 Most uncommon i think is ESC

[@ikeo8666]

that shakey came was really cool

[@711mobiles]

How to set free nas nextcloud. For personal cloud. To have access from anywhere in the world

[@andystech101]

Amazing video and easy to follow, thanks very much 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@Carlokrebs]

Thank you very much for this very simple very cool very fast tutorial 🤙

[@kalsarifantasia]

4:20 when I flash it, the usb disappears from the file explorer

[@blazejuice2128]

Hey, a quick question, when i make a user and try to access it in file explorer it says the credentials are wrong but they are definitely not

[@msas6020]

Is there an option that you know of to add a hard drive with terabytes of media already on it? Without it being wiped? When you are adding the hard-drive in the video I saw a another button next to it that said add data....

[@Eddylive]

Looks very easy, is it really that easy? I'm gonna try, great video, subbed

[@7napoleon]

I have tried, everything works fine until I want to copy things to my NAS. It won't let me copy any large files (like say 600 mb) and won't let me delete any files.

[@matthewrs7]

Would repurposing an old desktop PC be cheaper than buying a Synology? I'm looking to run a Plex server with NAS Drives. Mostly direct play with maybe some remote viewing.

[@yinxming]

I wonder do you have to keep your laptop lid open? If you close the lid, will the NAS service still run?

just get like a acer aspire for like 40 bucks and let it run 24/7

[@harikrishnanm9380]

how to shutdown them is there any command or anything to turn of or just unplug the pc?

[@ninaddeshmukh654]

Nice job this is what I was looking for

[@vrejoiu]

Can you acces from a smart tv to look at movies?

[@deadaccount6327]

when i type in the ip address it says connection timed out

[@TheAwesomeHomestead]

Wait, why not install freenas on the hard drive?

[@HELEMAALNIKS]

0:59 iPhone supports native SMB via the files app... So it’s not true that you couldn’t use an iPhone.

[@shinkimo]

🙄😒👎

[@levantateyora9317]

can i use this to host my website?

[@JamesAutoDude]

I wonder if you could partition the drive and install freeNAS on one partition and then the other partition could be used as the drive 🤔🤔🤔

[@opagp4301]

Heyyyyy bro. I clicked on this video and I didn’t realise it was you😂 Here is my question. I don’t actually have an extra PC to spare. All the computers in my house are in use. Are there any alternatives that I can use which don’t require an old PC or a NAS?

[@sebastianmolina9955]

can i access these network files from another location with different internet? If not, how do i?

[@junaidsiddiquemusic]

Can I do the same if I have a Mac? I mean if I build a home server with freenas on it can I use it with my macs?

[@lawrenceneo2294]

Can you do an update to this because freenas is now truenas core

[@aryansethi5508]

Why don't you just make a partition in your drive and use the rest as your storage ?

[@pan_ryba9710]

the mug sip convinced me to sub

[@adlezof]

MineOS ist no longer in community Plugins....

[@RC-go2kl]

2:44 Geez, hard times create hard men, we are living in soft times right now.

[@Jack-lr4hv]

Hey, we have the same watch! Do your buttons stick at all?

[@straightoutgaming4304]

Bro I need some fan art you killing it

[@changanqatar]

love this man

[@raniljaramillo9821]

Hi new to FreeNAS, do i have to boot it in a USB drive, not to the actual hard drive? or I need an external device to boot (USB) because when I set up a samba share the entire drive (when creating a pool 10:05) will be erased?

[@GothTaurus]

would you be able to use external hard drives too? I have a probox 4-bay enclosure and I would like to use it on this set up. would it be possible to use this? would it be detected by the free nass software?

[@user-bz7gf8lf6f]

hey bro good to see you, actually i wanted to access files from NAS with other network means i setup NAS in my home network and i wanted to access it from office network so, how could i ?

[@JonathanAyers]

I wonder if you could just create a 32gb partition on the HD and install/run it from there?

[@jonathanverhoeven9774]

it should be okay to do that, but in the boot menu you only see the drives and not the partitions

[@jmboldosser7616]

can you run microsoft on nas...like if I wanted to access a document on my nas from a different location around the world

[@user-hx1dk2bk6g]

How did you make an amazon store not being a seller? You are just an amazon affiliate, right?