How I Got My Non-Compatible Drive Working in Synology NAS
65Unlock HDD restrictions with this simple Task Schedule script run by ROOT:
Go to Control Panel , Task Scheduler
Click Create, Scheduled Task, User-defined script.
Enter a task name.
Select root as the user (The script needs to run as root).
Untick Enable.
Click Task Settings.
Tick Send run details by email and enter your email address.
In the box under User-defined script paste the following:
mkdir -m775 /opt
cd /opt || (echo "Failed to CD to /opt"; exit 1)
curl -O "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/007revad/Synology_HDD_db/refs/heads/main/syno_hdd_db.sh"
curl -O "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/007revad/Synology_HDD_db/refs/heads/main/syno_hdd_vendor_ids.txt"
chmod 750 /opt/syno_hdd_db.sh
/opt/syno_hdd_db.sh -e
Click OK, OK, and type your password, click Submit to save the scheduled task.
Now select the scheduled task and click Run, then click OK.
Source of this fix is from: https://github.com/007revad/Synology_HDD_db/blob/main/2025_plus_models.md
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Migration Example Using:
Synology DiskStation DS1525+
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Synology DiskStation DS1825+
Previous Review:
Official: https://www.synology.com/en-global/products/DS1825
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