I have an old LaCie NAS which ran out of space, so I got a new WD. Both work great, but have 2 different web interfaces, different ways to remotely access, different schemes to administer userids, etc.
It's easy to plug a dumb USB drive into the back of a NAS to expand its storage; now that my old LACie has all of its data copied onto the new WD, I have extra drive space. There has to be a way to reconfigure the LaCie to make it a regular external drive, and I have a 2-sided USB cord to connect it to the back of the WD. Millions of articles how to go the other way, make a dumb USB drive -----> NAS; I'm looking to do exactly the reverse, so I can have the WD treat the former LaCie as just another external drive, and expand the WD drivespace.
Alternately, I wouldn't mind leaving the old LaCie plugged into the Ethernet hub, but I want 1 firmware, 1 remote access system, to use WD's network assistant app, etc. - de facto, as if the LaCie drive is simply another partition on the WD.
Thanks for the upcoming advice.
It's easy to plug a dumb USB drive into the back of a NAS to expand its storage; now that my old LACie has all of its data copied onto the new WD, I have extra drive space. There has to be a way to reconfigure the LaCie to make it a regular external drive, and I have a 2-sided USB cord to connect it to the back of the WD. Millions of articles how to go the other way, make a dumb USB drive -----> NAS; I'm looking to do exactly the reverse, so I can have the WD treat the former LaCie as just another external drive, and expand the WD drivespace.
Alternately, I wouldn't mind leaving the old LaCie plugged into the Ethernet hub, but I want 1 firmware, 1 remote access system, to use WD's network assistant app, etc. - de facto, as if the LaCie drive is simply another partition on the WD.
Thanks for the upcoming advice.