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Changing Hard Drive in a Melco - SteveH - 08-04-2019 18:52 I hope this is OK to ask here, but I’d like to try a different hard drive in my Melco. Is it just a matter of replacing the hard drives, switching on and letting the Melco sort itself out? Some while ago I had an unusual fault which corrupted my hard drives and necessitated a hard drive re-format. It was a straight forward process and I was wondering if changing the hard drives would follow the same procedure? RE: Changing Hard Drive in a Melco - simoncn - 08-04-2019 20:02 Yes, the process is similar for installing new hard drives. I have done this a few times without any problems. You might want to make a Melco backup from your existing hard drives before doing the swap. RE: Changing Hard Drive in a Melco - SteveH - 09-04-2019 14:01 Excellent. Thank you! RE: Changing Hard Drive in a Melco - johnfbr - 21-04-2019 09:27 (08-04-2019 20:02)simoncn Wrote: Yes, the process is similar for installing new hard drives. I have done this a few times without any problems. You might want to make a Melco backup from your existing hard drives before doing the swap. Simon I have a Melco with 2 hard drives. I assume if I change both then they would be reformatted automatically? Any advice on suitable replacement drives appreciated. I think I have a hard drive failing as I occasionally get problems in tracks breaking up during streaming. It gets cured by a reboot. Thanks RE: Changing Hard Drive in a Melco - simoncn - 21-04-2019 14:50 WD Reds are good. Put in two blank drives and power on the Melco. It will prompt you to format the drives and will ask if you want spanned, RAID 0 or RAID 1. My preference is for spanned as I think this produces better sound quality. RE: Changing Hard Drive in a Melco - Bashevitz - 01-01-2020 19:41 Hi - new here I have a N1ZS - first model. Wonderful sounding machine but constant trouble with the SSDs. I've now ordered 2 pcs Crucial MX500s 500GB to drop in. I've never swapped both hard drives previously. Do I just change them, power up and let the Melco run it's course? Thanks /Pontus RE: Changing Hard Drive in a Melco - simoncn - 01-01-2020 23:02 Yes, that's all. I recommend formatting the new drives as spanned. |