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ReadyNAS NV+ v2 issue after lightning strike
I have tried scrolling the forum for answers but there is so many diff. variations so i ask my own quiestion.
Last week my house was hit by a lightning strike, which ofcourse took out all fuses and so. After resettning all fuses and so on, the result was.. tv, recievers x 2, subwoofers, digital tv recievers, computer x 2 AND my NAS did not power up. Took it all to a repairshop and the verdict on all except the nas was "burned", can't repair.. buy new. But the NAS had the ac adapter and that could be fixed... got it back home yesterday and plugged it in. BUT the relief was short lived, now the displays tells me "No network link found" and prints IP 192.168.168.168 1500. The router works and is the same as before (was unplugged, because it's getting a new location in the house), so this should not be the problem. Now i guess the ethernet port/chip is burned, but the thing is the green light on the port does blink when it tries to get out, still it doesnt and doesnt show up on the router.
So the problems.. ALL.. our pictures, files and so on.. are on that friiiikkkiinn machine.
The question..
As the NAS is "alive" can i access it somehow via USB? Probably not, so can i as of today.. september 2013 pull out the harddrives (no raid) and connect them via usb adapter or directly inside a pc and use a software i found in a thread http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/ to get out the files. read somewhere that harddrives from ARM machines cant be read by anything else than the specific model? Which means that i need to buy an exactly same model to get my data? If so that sucks, I hated the machine before it went dead, and really dont want a ARM machine again..
Please give some cool new good news.
Edit:
Told myself after the posting that.. what the heck, just try the linux-reader software. So i did, but It says "Cant open disk: Volume 3 (linux RAID partition)" and that goes for all volumes. So that did not work!!
Thanks
Last week my house was hit by a lightning strike, which ofcourse took out all fuses and so. After resettning all fuses and so on, the result was.. tv, recievers x 2, subwoofers, digital tv recievers, computer x 2 AND my NAS did not power up. Took it all to a repairshop and the verdict on all except the nas was "burned", can't repair.. buy new. But the NAS had the ac adapter and that could be fixed... got it back home yesterday and plugged it in. BUT the relief was short lived, now the displays tells me "No network link found" and prints IP 192.168.168.168 1500. The router works and is the same as before (was unplugged, because it's getting a new location in the house), so this should not be the problem. Now i guess the ethernet port/chip is burned, but the thing is the green light on the port does blink when it tries to get out, still it doesnt and doesnt show up on the router.
So the problems.. ALL.. our pictures, files and so on.. are on that friiiikkkiinn machine.
The question..
As the NAS is "alive" can i access it somehow via USB? Probably not, so can i as of today.. september 2013 pull out the harddrives (no raid) and connect them via usb adapter or directly inside a pc and use a software i found in a thread http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/ to get out the files. read somewhere that harddrives from ARM machines cant be read by anything else than the specific model? Which means that i need to buy an exactly same model to get my data? If so that sucks, I hated the machine before it went dead, and really dont want a ARM machine again..
Please give some cool new good news.
Edit:
Told myself after the posting that.. what the heck, just try the linux-reader software. So i did, but It says "Cant open disk: Volume 3 (linux RAID partition)" and that goes for all volumes. So that did not work!!
Thanks
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- Well, i surrender.. I just dont have the time to re-learn all the linux stuff again. The link was the best yet, but you can encounter so many errors and will not know where to start. And so did i.. error on the mounting so no access on /mnt..
Last resort right now is R-Linux.. it's scanning one of the discs right now and i will return with results, good or bad..
If this does not work, i found a new NV+ V2 at a dealer (they are goin out of stock), so i will buy this if everything else fails..
BUT will pop this question already, i noticed when starting up the new RN10400, that in the display i could read "Factory reset".. I dont want to read that if installing
my old discs in a new NV+ v2, right? Should i put a blank disc in first, let it boot and work the system, and then remove the blank, insert the 4 old discs and it would be just like with my old NV+ v2?
EDiT: the R-linux tool just finished with read errors.. maaaannnyyyy.. so thats busted.. Ordering a new NV+ v2... - The best approach is to start up the new unit with a scratch disk. Then install the same firmware you have on the old unit.
Then power down, and install the original disks (preferably in the same slot order), and power up. It should just boot up - with no factory reset on the display.
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