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Failed to activate encrypted volume
Hello. For a long time I've been runnning my readynas on a single disk using the build in encryption. I felt it was time to change the drive and decided at the same time also add a bit of safety so I...
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Is the Old drive encrypted as well? if it is, using the the key it has before you created the new RAID should be used. It is also not possible for Windows or Mac to show the data from a RAID drive. You will have to use a Recovery Software or Linux to do some script and mount it.
Expanding your RAID array from 1Disk to 4Disk would be as easy as adding a drive one by one until it finishes re-syncing. Was the old disk with the latest OS6 FW before you created the new array?
If the old drive was not encrypted, putting it back to a PC and running software like ReCLAIMe may work.
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Hi and thanks,
Yes the old drive is encrypted and I have the key on a thumbdrive attached. It just refuse to unlock it. Like I said if I try booting with the old drive it get stuck in the encrypt stage for a long time (usually around 37-45%) before going online. Once it's successfully booted up the admin page says
"Failed to activate encrypted volume data-0. Insert an external storage device with the encryption key for this volume and reboot to activate the volume data-0."
I was using latest OS6 on the old drive as well.
"You will have to use a Recovery Software or Linux to do some script and mount it."
Any link to where to read up on this? I can't really find any information on this or even reliable information on what type of encryption ReadyOS use to encrypt the dive. Best guess is LUKS but it's not recognised as a LUKS drive.
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