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ReadyNAS 104 stuck in recovery loop
My ReadyNAS 104 was unplugged for a few days and now is stuck in "Booting from USB" mode - that mode automatically comes up when powered on. Without a recovery usb, it fails and cannot be turned off ...
RAIDar doesn't even see it wiithout drives? That's a bad sign. I don't know if the USB recovery tests the files installed by it or not. If it doesn't, then it sounds like you still have a corrupt flash memory even with a "good" recovery, meaing the flash itself bad in some way.
Thanks for the reply, Sandshark! RAIDar doesn't ever see the NAS because it's either in Boot from USB Failed state or in recovery mode followed by a shutdown. I cannot get the NAS to a steady "on" state.
I'll give it another couple of days to see if anyone else has insight. If not, I'll chalk it up to a hardware failure and accept your solution.
RAIDar doesn't even see it wiithout drives? That's a bad sign. I don't know if the USB recovery tests the files installed by it or not. If it doesn't, then it sounds like you still have a corrupt flash memory even with a "good" recovery, meaing the flash itself bad in some way.
Yeah, it's stuck in a boot recovery loop and never actually reaches an operational state. I'm going to switch to data recovery, hoping the drives are still good.
The NAS was purchased in 2014 and has been working like a champ 24/7 for over 5 years. I'd hoped for longer, but I really can't complain. The tinkerer in me will probably open it up at some point to try to diagnose a potential hardware fix, but short-term focus is recovering a few days work since I didn't back up nightly.
Thanks for weighing in - I appreciate having confirmation of failure from more experienced folks.
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