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C3ris
Aspirant
Jan 10, 2017

Offline nas

Hi

When i press the power button, the device displays "NETGEAR Storage Welcome_" and gets stuck there. I momentarily see number 1 HD light (green) and goes off and at the same time I see "Act" light for a few seconds and then i only have a device with thw aforementioned message stuck on its screen and the power button flashing blue. I can find and connect only one folder out of several. The raidar repots the device as offline. I can not reset the device since it does not give me any options after turning the power on while pressing the reset button, just gets stuck on the same message. Please help 

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  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User

    What NAS do you have and what firmware is it running?

     

    Contacting Netgear support is probably the fastest way to resolve this.

    • JennC's avatar
      JennC
      NETGEAR Employee Retired

      Hello C3ris,

       

      I've some questions to ask, please see below:

       

      • What is the model number of the NAS?
      • What is the firmware version?
      • How many disks are inserted?
      • Are the disks empty, no partition and new?
      • Is it connected to a router/switch?

       

      Regards,

      • C3ris's avatar
        C3ris
        Aspirant

         

        • What is the model number of the NAS?  nas31400
        • What is the firmware version? I think the latest, over 6.1....
        • How many disks are inserted? 4
        • Are the disks empty, no partition and new? No, they were on a RAID 10 configuration and the directory structure looked like this:
          • home
            • admin (this has a red x on it, I can see it in windows explorer even if the NAS is shut down so I guess is some kind of offline folder but i cannot access it since windows say i have norights or something
            • c3ris  (this one i do not  still have access, and I can see/manipulate data even if the NAS is shut down so I guess is some kind of offline folder
          •  photos - LOST
          • music videos - LOST
          • etc - LOST
        • Is it connected to a router/switch? yes with an ip of 192.168.1.50
        • I think that my house experienced a severe power surge (i was away for some days) which destroyed the splitter connected to the router. Since my nas has the ability to power on automatically when the power comes on after a disruption it must have been on during this surge 
        • Finally i have to say that I was using a USB with a safety key to secure the NAS. 

         

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