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Readynas rnd2000 failed lan
Hi everyone, I have a failed lan port and looking to buy a replacement device to recover my data. I seem to have a couple of challenges: 1) it was purchased in sept 2010; and the sticker on bottom h...
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2) I’m aware I need to find a similar device in order for the disks to be recognised; online forums suggest this isn’t a v2 but a v1.
3) so I’ve bought a second hand V1 the unit looks physically identical- except the sticker on the bottom is missing the “v2”.
Could you please help with what to do - as I don’t want to loose the data on the disks....
The "v2" on your original was just a small hardware revision to the original Duo. The older replacement is fully compatible.
Boot up the replacement NAS with a scratch disk installed (which will be reformatted!), and do a factory install. Then install the current firmware (4.1.16), and make sure the NAS works.
Then power it down, and insert the real disks from the old NAS (preserving the slot order). Then power up, and it should boot with your data.
FWIW, an alternative would have been to connect disk 1 to a Windows PC, and use R-Linux for Windows to extract the data ( https://www.r-studio.com/ )
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