ShaunA

Thanks for the confirmation. And just checking the process, I want to stop the array, shut down, remove the faulty drive, restart and when I start the array it will emulate the missing drive? I DON'T want to unassign the drive? I assume this will mess up the parity? Can I use unraid to clear the faulty drive? Or is there no option to have the physical drive attached but not assigned? And do I risk messing up the emulation/parity if I try and clear the drive?

I have just 2 drives in my array - a parity and a data drive. The data drive is failing. I want to take it back to the store and get it replaced under warranty. Can I remove the failing drive from the array and have the array continue to run just off the parity drive? And then later insert the replacement drive I get under the warranty and rebuild? I also want to clear the data drive before I take it back. Hoping to use the pre-clear tool. However I can use my desktop to clear if this isn't an option. I have nothing critical on the array, so It won't be the end of the world if the parity drive were to also fail before I got the array rebuilt. I am hoping I will have the replacement drive back same day but am prepared that I may get mucked around while my warranty claim is confirmed. Cheers.