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Hard Drive Issue NV+
ReadyNas NV+ I have a 4 disk X-Raid arranagement. 4 x 500gb disks. 2 x WD and 2 x Samsung.
All been working great for years!
I recently upgraded ReadyNAS NV+ to firmware 4.1.10
Did not reboot. Eventually after a couple of tries it re-sync etc and all looked good.
Around the same time had a power cut. (Unit is plugged into powersurge adaptor).
Now; the unit won't boot. Simply sits at first stage "Booting...please wait". If I take disk three out it boots.
I have checked the disk several times with SeaTools and all tests pass. (Infact took out all disks, clean unit of dust etc and checked all disks).
Any ideas? Is this a firmware issue or is the backplane or slot damaged?
Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
All been working great for years!
I recently upgraded ReadyNAS NV+ to firmware 4.1.10
Did not reboot. Eventually after a couple of tries it re-sync etc and all looked good.
Around the same time had a power cut. (Unit is plugged into powersurge adaptor).
Now; the unit won't boot. Simply sits at first stage "Booting...please wait". If I take disk three out it boots.
I have checked the disk several times with SeaTools and all tests pass. (Infact took out all disks, clean unit of dust etc and checked all disks).
Any ideas? Is this a firmware issue or is the backplane or slot damaged?
Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
5 Replies
- Typically this is a disk issue. Have you checked the logs to see if they have listed any problems with the boot?
First make sure you have a current and complete backup of your data (you should anyway).
Second test the drive using the vendors tools with the disk attached to an SATA port on the motherboard. You can use an eSATA port on a laptop with a power adapter if you have to.
If the drive tests good, you can use Windows Drive Management to remove all partitions (do not format) and then hot add (while the unit is up) the drive back to the array and see if it will accept it.
Let us know how it goes. - As mentioned in my original post had tested disk in SeaTools.
Using Disk Manager in windows 7 64 bit. No partitions recognised as the disk has come from a foreign array.
Perhaps format it and try it? - UPDATE:
I booted with disks 1,2 & 4 in. Unit came up and reported that no redundancy was present. Unit operational.
I then inserted disk 3 (HOT) the unit detected and sync RAID. Rebooted warm and cold and now appears to be working as it was. - Windows won't recognize the disk, but the BIOS will and Drive Management should show it. It is a Linux formatted drive. But now that it is working, no need to worry right now.
- Thanks PapaBear.
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