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Netgear ReadyNas Pro 6 corrupt firmware
First Netgear NAS user. I bought a defect Netgear ReadyNAS Pro 6. The previous owner said something went wrong during a firmware update and the NAS had some sort of corrupt firmware. It was 40Euro an...
This post How-to-update-BIOS-w-OS6-x-installed tells how to update the BIOS from OS6. While that part isn't applicable to you, it includes information on extracting the BIOS from the OS4.2.x package Netgear has provided and points to that package.
Did he tell you if it was running OS 4.2 or OS 6? If not, perhaps reach out to him and ask.
If it's only the firmware, than you could try a USB recovery - the OS 4.2 tool is here. https://kb.netgear.com/30267/RAIDiator-4-2-USB-Recovery-Tool. If it's a corrupted eeprom, then you'd need courtesy help from Netgear to fix it.
If you do get it working, I suggest converting it to OS-6. There is information in the forums on that. But if it is OS 4.2 now, then get it working on OS 4.2 first.
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