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hornetts
Feb 27, 2018Aspirant
Corrupt Root on new RN214 and new Seagate drive after Factory Reset
Hi. I have a brand new RN214. Firmware version (as shipped) is 6.9.0 I have installed one Seagate IronWolf 3TB drive in bay 1. The drive was purchased today. I have done a factory reset, however th...
mdgm-ntgr
Feb 27, 2018NETGEAR Employee Retired
You could hook the disk up to a PC and test it using SeaTools.
- StephenBFeb 28, 2018Guru - Experienced User
mdgm-ntgr wrote:
You could hook the disk up to a PC and test it using SeaTools.BTW, that needs a Windows PC.
You can also zero the drive with Seatools - then then reinsert into the NAS and power it up. The NAS should automatically do a factory install (no boot menu interaction required).
- hornettsFeb 28, 2018Aspirant
Hi everyone,
It turned out to be the drive. I returned it and installed the replacement. Everything is fine now. Thanks! :-)
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