Increase Windows 10 NAS Partition Capacity

Once we created the space for Windows 10 NAS, we can create more than one partition for our NAS. You surely can increase those partition capacity too.

You can directly view the local disk part in the Windows 10 OS interface.

If you like to upgrade the capacity, you can use the [Increase partition capacity] function in the PDM HDD Management.

Please see the following introduction for more information.

Windows 10 NAS HDD Settings Introduction

This post will introduce Windows 10 NAS HDD Settings and compare each RAID modes performance.

First, after we finished PDM initial settings and had set up the PDM admin account, the system will guide you to the page for HDD formatting setting.

There are two modes of your choice: Quick mode and Custom mode.

HDD Settings Introduction

Add Hot Spare for Windows 10 NAS

If ITE2 NAS user encounter single hard drive damage (system status: unsafe or abnormal) under RAID 1 type. They can rebuild data by Add hot spare method.

First, you have to replace damaged hard drive with a new one.

For how to replace the hard drive, please refer to Replace damaged HDD in Windows 10 NAS.

Replace damaged HDD in Windows 10 NAS

To ensure your data’s safety, most of the people will set up NAS under RAID 1/5/10 mode and so on to avoid damaged HDD that may cause any of data loss.

However, you should know that every HDD has their product useful life. To prevent that, we have to choose a different batch of HDD to avoid HDD damage at the same time.

So what can we do if the HDD damage?

In ITE2 NAS, we provide an excellent solution for you to keep your data safe and secure.