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Aspirant

Feb 01, 2017

ReadyNas Pro 6 - Stuck at Booting up - Shows 'ReadyNas'

I just want to start out by saying hi to everyone and would appreciate any help that anyone can offer. I am relatively new to storage devices and unfortunately I inherited this headache as I wa...

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Vinnie_D

Aspirant

Feb 01, 2017

Thanks for your quick responce,

I do have Raidar on the pc and what is shows on start is the raidar help menu with the blue light blinking and stating that Background Taks active - a lengthy background task such as a system update in progress, also the red life support mode is blinking.

I do have disks installed - 5 WD 3.0TB - Model WD30EFRX - 68AX9Z0

I have not tested the disks at all.

I do have a windows 10 computer, but how would I go about testing the drives is they are in the Nas unit. Can I connect them directly to the computer?

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Feb 01, 2017

Vinnie_D wrote:

I do have a windows 10 computer, but how would I go about testing the drives is they are in the Nas unit. Can I connect them directly to the computer?

You'd need to remove them, and put them into the PC. You can use a USB->SATA adapter or USB enclosure for this.

Do you care about the data on the drives, or is this the initial setup? If you don't care, you can aslo use the quick zeros function in Lifeguard to unformat the drives. Then reinsert them and power-up - the NAS will do a factory install.

Also, if RAIDar is giving you the firmware on the NAS, please let us know that it is. It could be either 4.2.x or 6.x.x

Vinnie_D
Aspirant
Feb 01, 2017
Raidar is showing 4.3.8

I do want to try to save the data on the drives if at all possible. I will check the drives on my computer and then let you know the outcome.
- mdgm-ntgr
  NETGEAR Employee Retired
  Feb 01, 2017
  That's the version of the RAIDar client, not the RAIDiator firmware on your NAS.