萬由U-NAS Windows 8 Pro

用了U-NAS Home Edition 1.2 年多, 發覺越來越唔穩定, 經常自動關機不特止, 最近死了隻disk, 一心諗住換過隻跟手入WEB UI click 兩 click 就倫攪掂, 這本是RAID5好處, 怎料MOUNT到隻新又MOUNT唔到舊個2隻, 最後用錯LINUX command, 成個Home Edition炒Q左. 自問對LINUX一知半解, 就算重裝1.2或UPGRADE上2.0好大機會都救唔番尐DATA, 再者呢尐雜嘜OS遲早又有其他問題出現, 長痛不如短痛決定重返MS -- 用Win8 Pro做NAS OS.

原先個U-NAS Home Edition 裝在個2GB DOM裡, 裝Win8最少16GB, 所以要準備以下架生:
1. Windows 8 Pro Image
2. 64GB SSD (現在SSD最小64, 冇得再細, 比人老屈)
3. 4GB USB Thumb Drive (Boot 機用)

首先當要將個SSD裝入U-NAS機箱裡面, 係USB介面下面就有兩個SATA介面, 用條SATA線連接SSD再連接埋條Power線就攪掂, 非常簡單.

NAS機箱沒有DVD-ROM, 要裝WIN8就要製作USB Install碟, 先決條件要有WIN8 Image (即係ISO file), 手頭有個"SW_DVD5_NTRL_Win_8_32BIT_English_Win_Pro_X18-15874.IMG" 只要將.IMG改做.ISO就可以製作USB Installer. 跟著網友"[教學]如何製作 Windows 8 的USB 重灌隨身碟？"用Windows 8 USB Installer Maker方法去製作, 發覺是無法boot起U-NAS部機的. 要用另一個網友How to create a bootable USB flash drive to install Windows 8 Developer Preview的方法才能成功boot機. 但有少少步驟要修正如下:

Step 1: Mount the Windows 8 Developer Preview ISO image on your computer

1. Download the Windows Developer Preview ISO image
2. Using your favorite ISO image software, mount the ISO image on your computer [我用DAEMON TOOL]

Step 2: Format a USB flash drive

1. Insert a USB flash drive into your computer
2. Start a Command Prompt as an Administrator and type diskpart. This starts the Disk Partition tool which you need to use to format the flash drive. Once you see the DISKPART command prompt, type in the following commands
3. DISKPART> list disk                           /* shows list of active disks */
4. DISKPART> select disk #                   /* # is the number for your USB flash drive */
5. DISKPART> clean                              /* deletes any existing partitions on the USB flash drive */
6. DISKPART> select partition 1             /* select the newly created partition */[修正版]
7. DISKPART> create partition primary   /* create a primary partition on the USB flash drive */
8. DISKPART> select partition 1             /* select the newly created partition */
9. DISKPART> active                             /* make the new partition active */
10. DISKPART> format FS=NTFS           /* format the USB drive with NTFS file system */
11. DISKPART> assign                          /* assign a volume and drive letter to the USB drive */
12. DISKPART> exit                               /* exit Disk Partition */

Step 3: Make the USB flash drive bootable

1. Start a Command Prompt as an Administrator and CHDIR into the boot folder of the Windows 8 ISO image, e.g. I:\boot where I:\ is the drive where the ISO image is mounted 
2. Type bootsect /nt60 E:             /* where E: is the drive assigned to the USB flash drive */

Step 4: Copy the Windows 8 files onto the USB flash drive

From a command line, use XCOPY to copy the Windows 8 files to the USB flash drive . In the example below, I:\ is the drive where the ISO image is mounted. F:\ is the USB flash drive.

XCOPY I:\*.* F:\ /E /F /H

Step 5: Install Windows 8 from the bootable flash drive

1. Remove your USB flash drive from your "source" computer and insert it into the "target" computer where you want to install Windows 8
2. On the computer where you are installing Windows 8, press the power button to turn on the computer
3. During boot up, select the USB flash drive to boot from (if you don't see the USB flash drive as an option, you may have to adjust your BIOS settings)
4. Follow the instructions to install Windows 8 Pro

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步驟係繁複, 最重要成功安裝WIN8在U-NAS, 以後少尐死機就值得.