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OS6 USB Reinstall on Pro 6 (legacy, upgraded)?
I have shut myself out of my Pro 6. (It seems the email server was switched off, so the password reset doesn't work.) I think there are two options: 1.) To use the USB Recovery Tool (https://kb...
Your Option 2 will work fine, the Admin password will change to the default of password
Some other settings may change too, like quotas being switched off, check your network settings too
Your Option 2 will work fine, the Admin password will change to the default of password
Some other settings may change too, like quotas being switched off, check your network settings too
USB recovery wouldn't necessarilly do it, anyway. The OS re-install is the right thing.
But if you (or anyone else reading this) ever really does need to do a USB recovery with a legacy NAS running OS6.x, you have to use the procedure for a 4.2.x NAS but with a modified OS6 image (like you used for the original conversion).
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