Hi
I have had a Western Digital NAS for about 3 years I thinks its called something like My Book II anyways its white in colour and has a 2tb green sata drive inside it.
The drive has started to make some serious sctraching noises, it is still working kind of meaning I can transfer to and from the drive over the network but if I try and watch a movie or something on my Smart TV it will freeze up after about an hour when before it played everything without issue.
Can I simply replace the drive inside the enclosure with any SATA drive from any maker or does it need to be some sort of pre prepped Western Digital drive?
I need to get this issue sorted today as its my last day off for a couple of weeks. So need to know if i just need to bite the bullet and buy a new NAS or if I can just use a old hard drive inside my existing enclosure to replace my dying hard drive.
I have Googled a lot about this and doesnt appear like anyone has tried this before or at least told the internet about it.
Any help or advice would be great.
Thanks
Rab
