Open storage manager and select HDD/SSD section
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Select Action and then, Deactivate.
If you don’t know which is the slot where the disk is , select “Swich Drive Indicator Status” to find it..
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Flag the warning and select OK…
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now ww can replace the drive….
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At this point the array starts to rebuild…
![](https://marcoschiavon.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Synology_replace_hhd_ssd_05.jpg)
We need to insert the new drive and wait ending the rebuilding task to add the new drive to the array as a Hot Spare.
It could be happen at the end that the NAS requests a reboot to make a file system check.. Do it.
Thanks used it today. Great supplement to clarify the Synology website instructions.
you are welcome!
M.
I was looking for a visual representation of this function. Thanks
you are welcome!