Yes, another newbie here with the most basic of questions (and knowledge).
I have been using a WD Red 8TB HDD in a Volans USB HDD enclosure as an external data drive for a few months and decided to move to a “proper” NAS arrangement.
I fitted my old WD Red 4TB HDD into Disk Bay 2 of my new Synology DS223 with the plan to move the 8TB HDD into Bay 1 as my primary data drive. I stumbled my way through the setup process, used Disk Manager (Administrator login) to create Storage Pool 1 and Volume 1 on the 4TB HDD. I accepted Disk Manager’s recommendations on all parameters.
Having successfully mapped a drive from Windows 11 I then used RoboMirror (GUI) to copy my data onto the NAS “drive”. It only took 33 hours to robocopy the 816GB
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Thanks to a few posts by fredbert & Simcc I am starting to understand Synolgy’s directory structures (home, homes) and account & security requirements.
I then fitted the 8TB HDD into Drive Bay 1 and (nervously) created Storage Pool 2, Volume 2. See blow.
I want to keep the drives/pools/volumes as separate storage locations, using one as a backup.
Now, to my question; When I map a Windows drive, under an Administrator login, I can only see the 4TB Pool/Volume (home / homes).
Any suggestions on how do to make the 8TB drive visible under Windows?
I have been using a WD Red 8TB HDD in a Volans USB HDD enclosure as an external data drive for a few months and decided to move to a “proper” NAS arrangement.
I fitted my old WD Red 4TB HDD into Disk Bay 2 of my new Synology DS223 with the plan to move the 8TB HDD into Bay 1 as my primary data drive. I stumbled my way through the setup process, used Disk Manager (Administrator login) to create Storage Pool 1 and Volume 1 on the 4TB HDD. I accepted Disk Manager’s recommendations on all parameters.
Having successfully mapped a drive from Windows 11 I then used RoboMirror (GUI) to copy my data onto the NAS “drive”. It only took 33 hours to robocopy the 816GB

Thanks to a few posts by fredbert & Simcc I am starting to understand Synolgy’s directory structures (home, homes) and account & security requirements.
I then fitted the 8TB HDD into Drive Bay 1 and (nervously) created Storage Pool 2, Volume 2. See blow.
I want to keep the drives/pools/volumes as separate storage locations, using one as a backup.
Now, to my question; When I map a Windows drive, under an Administrator login, I can only see the 4TB Pool/Volume (home / homes).
Any suggestions on how do to make the 8TB drive visible under Windows?