Cleaning the drives When disassembling your NAS, remove the drives one at a time and place them on a non-static surface, such as a non-static mat, a wooden desk, or tiled flooring.

No matter how well-maintained your drive is, it will eventually degrade after several years. Before that happens, though, it's a good idea to test your SSD or HDD for potential problems.

To further purge your storage, navigating to the Google One homepage to see how you can clean up your Drive is another good step. Here, you can click the “Clean up space” button, which gives ...