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RichardB56
Aug 22, 2024Apprentice
NAS RN212 Cannot access Admin Page
The RN212 is up and running. I can access the drives from Windows File Explorer. When trying to access through web browser to get to the admin page I get the Netgear splash screen then goes blank. ...
RichardB56
Aug 23, 2024Apprentice
I accessed through RAIDar. It found my NAS. I started the log file download and it stopped at 14%. I tried re-initializing the download and now RAIDar cannot access my NAS. Also, Windows File Explorer can see all of the folders and files but I cannot open some of the files. I can open text and Excel files. Most of the others cannot be opened. Legacy is extreme long.
StephenB
Aug 23, 2024Guru - Experienced User
Do you have a backup of the files?
- RichardB56Aug 23, 2024Apprentice
No, this was my backup. The original source is being rebuilt right now. I backed up everything to this NAS while the other was being rebuilt.
- StephenBAug 23, 2024Guru - Experienced User
RichardB56 wrote:
No, this was my backup. The original source is being rebuilt right now. I backed up everything to this NAS while the other was being rebuilt.
Ouch. So no files on the original source now?
If you have experience with linux, you could also do some more diagnosis after booting the NAS in tech support mode. But now is probably not the time to try and learn linux.
You might want to go with RAID recovery. You'd need a package that support BTRFS. Generally the recovery software runs on a Windows PC.
- You would need to connect the disks either with SATA or a USB/adapter dock. There are several two-bay docks that would work.
- ReclaiMe is one software package several folks here have used with some success. Unfortunately it is fairly expensive.
- SandsharkAug 23, 2024Sensei - Experienced User
It sounds like you may have a full OS partition. If it was nearly full, creation of the log may have finished filling it.
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