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blacksky
Aspirant
Feb 09, 2019

ReadyNAS NV+ blinking power light

I have had the ReadyNas NV+ RND4000-100NAS since at least 2009. It has hummed along happily all this time without much issue. I did replace the power supply in 2017. My current issue: after booting i...
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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Feb 09, 2019

Try powering down and removing all the disks (labeling by slot).  Then power up, and see if RAIDar can discover the NAS and report the 
"no disks" status.

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    blacksky
    Aspirant
    Feb 09, 2019

    Thank you for the reply! I powered down, removed the disks, powered up, and my Raidar detects the ReadyNAS now and reports 'no disks' 

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      StephenB
      Guru - Experienced User
      Feb 09, 2019

      Ok.  Do you have a backup of the data?

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        blacksky
        Aspirant
        Feb 09, 2019

        The short answer is no. I'm not typically so careless but Crashplan discontinued it's non-business edition and I've been between backup solutions.

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