vitormilagres
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Hi everyone! I am brand new to this wonderful world of FreeNAS and I have some questions:
Suppose I have a USB device used as a media storage for my FreeNAS. But now I have decide to take it out of my FreeNAS server and plug it on another computer (a normal desktop computer, not running FreeNAS) so I can access my content.
1 - Will the new computer recognize the hard drive? Or is the hard drive formatted in a way that only FreeNAS operating systems would recognize it?
2 - Whenever I add a new USB to be used as storage on my NAS, I've noticed that the operating system completely erases/formats it so that it can be used as a fresh storage disk. But what if the USB comes from a previous NAS server, and I would like to still have access to the files? How do I add the USB to the new NAS without wiping out the data?
3 - How does encryption play a role in this? Will I be prompted for a password as soon as the device is recognized by the operating system?
Thanks for your help,
Vitor
Suppose I have a USB device used as a media storage for my FreeNAS. But now I have decide to take it out of my FreeNAS server and plug it on another computer (a normal desktop computer, not running FreeNAS) so I can access my content.
1 - Will the new computer recognize the hard drive? Or is the hard drive formatted in a way that only FreeNAS operating systems would recognize it?
2 - Whenever I add a new USB to be used as storage on my NAS, I've noticed that the operating system completely erases/formats it so that it can be used as a fresh storage disk. But what if the USB comes from a previous NAS server, and I would like to still have access to the files? How do I add the USB to the new NAS without wiping out the data?
3 - How does encryption play a role in this? Will I be prompted for a password as soon as the device is recognized by the operating system?
Thanks for your help,
Vitor