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Help with Dead Duo V1 please?
My old faithfull ReadyNAS Duo appears to have died and has taken much of my data with it.. It began making a noise like a disc winding up then beeping over and over again. The start switch light is p...
Mark
If you keep the drives in the same order and then place them into another duo v1 chassis the data should still be present. The following directions should get you set up nicely:
1. Obtain replacement chassis
2. Insert one blank drive (not from the previous RAID)
3. Boot, and then upgrade the firmware to match the previous unit
4. Shutdown, and remove blank drive
5. Place all drives from previous chassis into replacement chassis in same exact order
6. Boot and enjoy your data
If you keep the drives in the same order and then place them into another duo v1 chassis the data should still be present. The following directions should get you set up nicely:
1. Obtain replacement chassis
2. Insert one blank drive (not from the previous RAID)
3. Boot, and then upgrade the firmware to match the previous unit
4. Shutdown, and remove blank drive
5. Place all drives from previous chassis into replacement chassis in same exact order
6. Boot and enjoy your data
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