I would like to replace the system drive with its clone and add a third identical drive to the system. (WD WD20EFRX-6BEUZN0 2terabyte)Īs an aside, there are 2 of these in the server.

I already have a replacement drive of the same manufacturer and size etc. Will that work? Are there any other tips and guidelines of which I should be aware? I have been reading the step by step instructions provided on this blog. It appears that I should be able to clone the system drive as it is before he fails. I do not want to have to rebuild from scratch and reinstall software again, so I want to replace the system drives in whatever way I can to avoid that.

I now have Smart installed and monitoring the storage drives, and recently noticed warnings popping up on the system drive. We have had to recover 3 laptop hard drive disasters and one ex495 system drive failure during that time. We use Logitech’s Squeezebox very nicely for that. It has been a good piece of equipment, providing backup for several other pc’s in the home and a storage and media center for all of our music and pictures. I have been running WHS on an EX495 box since around 2010 at version 3.3