QNAP TS 130. Single bay. Migrating data to a larger HDD

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QNAP TS130. Updated with the latest firmware
O.S. Windows 10
Hi.
Single-bay NAS.
There’s currently a 4 terabyte HDD.
I’d like to replace it with a 6 terabyte HDD.
How can I do this without losing existing data?
Is there a way to transfer them to the larger drive?
Thanks for your attention!

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Nope, you need to replace the drive and restore from backups

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Oh my!
A punishment from God…
Okay. Patience will help me.
Thank you so much for your reply!
:slight_smile:

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Not sure what that means … you are rocking a single disk, you should already have backups. No amount of tots and pears would help you get your data back, when that single disk goes. (So what was/is the plan here?)

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Thanks for the reply.
This is a minor backup.
I thought it was enough to copy and transfer the data to the larger disk via the USB port on the NAS and put that in the NAS.

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No, the NAS will erase external drives, so that will not work

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Thanks for your replies and your time.
:slight_smile:

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Hi @PIetro ,

Thank you for your question.
Since the TS-130 is a single-bay NAS, it does not support online drive replacement or capacity expansion directly. To upgrade from your current 4TB drive to a 6TB one, please back up all data first, then replace the old drive and restore your data from the backup.

For detailed instructions, please refer to this FAQ:
:link: How do I migrate data to a larger disk in my one-bay NAS?

We recommend always keeping regular backups, as single-bay NAS units cannot provide redundancy protection.

Thank you for your understanding.

Best regards,
QNAP Team