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Dead ReadyNAS...how to recover the data
Wrong category, but community doesn't have one for "My ReadyNAS just died".
I have a very old (8 years?) ReadyNAS NV+ that just died (no power whatsoever). Model description included in the pic...
Thanks...but I looked on eBay. My model wasn’t available and as I couldn’t be sure that my drives could be read by other models I feel that's a gamble.
Were you using X-RAID?
There is a method to attempt to recover data using an ordinary x86 Linux PC. We use software RAID. There would also be some software for Windows (though probably not free) that could do it.
If X-RAID is the Netgear RAID then yes. And yes, I learned the lesson that a redundant drive array is no substitute for a backup.
X-RAID is the default RAID option, yes. So if you're comfortable with Linux you could choose to follow the steps I linked to above if you want. It does assume that the RAID is in a good state. It relies on all of the disks (except for the dedicated parity disk) to be in a good state.
- Thanks but I don't have a Unix pc. I do have a Mac which I understand is based on Unix...but all that is beyond my skill set.
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