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gicleonard2
Oct 26, 2023Aspirant
Readynas NV+ question please
I tried to do the reset at the back (to try skip the quota check) but accidentally started the FW reset before pulling out the power. I found the bad disk and pulled it out but now it seems the c: drive cannot be found. The remaining disks are still good and have the data but now I need to know if I can use any method to recover the data using the disks alone or is everything gone?
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gicleonard2 wrote:
accidentally started the FW reset before pulling out the power. I found the bad disk and pulled it out but now it seems the c: drive cannot be found.
Do you mean that you started the OS reinstall? Or that you started the factory default?
Are you able to get into frontview? If so, did you need to use netgear1 as the password?
gicleonard2 wrote:
The remaining disks are still good and have the data but now I need to know if I can use any method to recover the data using the disks alone or is everything gone?
R-Studio can recover the data (among other RAID recovery software packages).
You'd need the $79.99 version.
- gicleonard2Aspirant
I inserted the pin into the reset hole and then when I released it, it said something about the repairing or reinstalling the "FW". I immediately pulled out the power but I think the damage had been done. So does this mean the disks are now useless or will that software you recommended be able to recover the data?
FYI - I think Disk 1 was bad which started the whole chain of events. When I remove disk 1, the readynass boots but when I try go into Frontview it says it can't connect and when i try access the files, it tells me it cannot find C:
- SandsharkSensei
Actually, re-installing the firmware would have done nothing to your data had you allowed it to continue. A Factory Default, however, does. Pulling the power while the volume is being accessed can, especially since it seems like you might have already lost redundancy with a bad drive. But it sounds to me like you may have already had a corrupted volume (prompting you to try skipping the volume check) and its the power cycle that caused it to go one step farther, not the selection you made with that cycle.
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