Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ RND4000

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UniqueGreen wrote:

Thnak you very much for replying StephenB! I have a quesiton reguarding why look in E: (RAW) vs F: (EXT3), if the data that has all my files are on E: what is F: for? F: has a ton of empty folders, why is that?

 

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You'll notice that F is only 2 GB in size.  It's the OS partition that the NAS boots from.  As I explained with C, many of the folders there are placeholders for mount points from other places (for instance the data volume).

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UniqueGreen wrote:

 

During the setup of the Netgear I choose Raid 1 (don't recall if it was flexraid/raid-1, but it was a Raid 1 setup) so I would always have a backup of my work. 

 

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The difference between XRAID and FlexRAID might matter here.

Try using the other disk drive, and see if E is also shown as RAW there.  It might well show up as EXT.  And try r-linux for windows.

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UniqueGreen wrote:

 

One more quick question, if I buy another Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ RND4000 and put 1 of the drives I know has data will the new Netgear read my drive without any issues?

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You can, as long you are certain it is also a v1 (with -100NAS at the end of the part number). 

However,  these NAS went out of production back in 2011 - so anything you buy will be old, and not likely to last that long.  You'd be better off buying a new NAS (for instance an RN210 series or an RN420 series).  They have more features, higher capacity, and are a lot faster.