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Johannes,

I have to fully agree with Gordon's opinion: the system re-installation to use of the 3 TB HDD was not yet entirely solved.

My first move, before seeing the Gordon's clue, was to replace the faulty HDD and to start the installation procedure as it was described in the manual.
It was a ...

Johannes,

Thank you for this replay.
I have good news: I succeeded to fix, finally, the problem.
Now I am copying the previously saved data on my B3 having configured a 3 TB RAID 1.

I believe that the way I followed to fix this kind of problem would be useful for other B3 users, therefore I ...

Stashek,

I already used 3 USB flash sticks, one being the original USB stick that came with the B3 delivery.

The symptoms were the same: after some time when the LED was green (signalizing an installation process) it turned to blinking purple (which is not explained anywhere in the documentation ...

Yes Ubi, because I 've seen that the system must be installed independent of S1.

I already ordered an USB-to-SATA external rack for 3.5" HDD and to check if the new disks from Red Line work properly. This will come tomorrow evening. If the disks ar OK, it might be a problem with the B3 board (don't ...

Johannes,

1) I bought two disks (3TB Red Line WD30EFRX), and, after I saved all my data I passed to the change of the faulty disk.
2) Followed the indications from the B3 manual to replace the faulty disk.
3) Formatted a flash USB stick as bootable FAT32 and copied the installation information as ...

To all who helped me:

The stabborn facts show that my initial decision to buy a B3-S1 assembly (and not a simple B3) was the correct one.
During 2 years and 7 months, the system worked properly keeping my data safe and readily available.
The system worked almost continuously, with small periods ...

Johannes, Gordon and Ubi,

I wish to thank you for your advice.

Gordon, it's a very good idea to go with the Red line of WD. I will try to make a complete backup and to buy two 3GB Red Line HDDs (WD30EFRX), which have 3 year warranty and more storage capacity.
I already found an offer in my country ...

Ubi,

Thank you for your answer, but I would want also to receive an advice from the B3 designers.

I am particularly interested to obtain from them a clear statement, because I believe they didn't put on sale their product without making a comprehensive house test (putting the product to big ...

Raid_failure_1.png Raid_failure_1.png Dear Gents,

First of all I want to thank you for B3 design which I and my family used intensively on our home network.
I bought my B3 on March 2011 in a configuration with an additional S1 unit and I configured to work in a RAID mirroring configuration.
It was ...