Copying to drives

can i after setting up drive in ix2 dl can i turn it off remove drive to usb enclosure copy files to disk and replace it boot ix2 up and not lose any data
becuase copying is real slow
does any one know?
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If I understand you correctly you want to fill a HDD in a USB- enclosure, take out the HDD and put it into the ix2-case?
That willnot work because first of all the disk format will not fit (USB-drives typically run FAT32 or NTFS which will not fit to IX2) Secondly the USB drive is missing the NAS- operating system.
So if it is that what you want: no way...
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