Retrieving data from an ancient ReadyNas

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Hi all,I have a very old ReadyNas Duo that I would like to retire, but I urgently need to remove and safeguard the data from it. It will boot and the device is visible on the network, but I cannot access it via Windows 11 in any manner. I expect it has something to do with security permissions, but I'm not savvy enough to understand any of this. I'm just a regular homeowner-user who had backups set to it on a now long-gone computer.&nbsp;Is there any way to mount these under Windows directly, or any way to be able to simply copy/paste the folders and files onto an external hard drive? I'm not interested in writing to the NAS again, just one, final read and that'll be that for it.&nbsp;Please and thanks.

StephenB · Answer

PeterD2&nbsp;wrote:
I'm starting to panic now.

No need to panic yet.
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If you are running the old 4.3.8 RAIDar, then you can get a working java version from here:

https://faucet.aas.duke.edu/pub/pc/bigfix/patches/java/jre-8u221-windows-i586.exe

If you are running RAIDar 6.5 then get the newest one from here:

https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

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You don't actually need RAIDar to reach the NAS admin console. You do need to use FireFox and change a security setting in order to reach it.&nbsp; Otherwise you get the "ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH" that you posted in your screenshot.&nbsp; So download FireFox, and then&nbsp;set&nbsp;security.tls.version.min&nbsp;to 1 (browse to about:config and search for the setting).&nbsp; After that just enter https://192.168.1.9/admin&nbsp;in your browser.&nbsp; The username has to be "admin".&nbsp; If you can't get in, post back.&nbsp; There is a way to reset the admin password.
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Can you give more details on what went wrong when you tried to access the NAS after turning on SMB 1.0/CIFS?&nbsp; Once you know the NAS admin password for sure, I can give you some commands that should mount the NAS data volume to a PC drive letter.
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On R-Linux, you downloaded the Linux version.&nbsp; You should have downloaded the Windows version.&nbsp; There is a windows tab in the upper right of the web page that you need to select - easy to overlook.&nbsp; Again, that software will require you to attach disk 1 of the NAS to the PC.&nbsp; If you try it, power down the NAS before removing the disk, and keep it powered down until you replace it.
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StephenB · Answer

When was the last time you accessed the NAS?
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PeterD2&nbsp;wrote:
I have a very old ReadyNas Duo that I would like to retire, but I urgently need to remove and safeguard the data from it. It will boot and the device is visible on the network, but I cannot access it via Windows 11 in any manner.&nbsp;

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Go into "turn windows features on or off" on the PC, and enable the SMB 1.0/CIFS client there.&nbsp; That should restore access.
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You might also need to use the NAS admin credentials to connect to the shares - do you know that those are?
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PeterD2&nbsp;wrote:
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Is there any way to mount these under Windows directly, or any way to be able to simply copy/paste the folders and files onto an external hard drive? I'm not interested in writing to the NAS again, just one, final read and that'll be that for it.
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If you can connect disk 1 on the NAS to your PC (using either SATA or a usb adapter/dock) then you can access the files using a freeware package called R-Linux for Windows.

https://www.r-studio.com/free-linux-recovery/Download.shtml

Windows won't mount the disk, but the software should find it.&nbsp; Be careful not to format the disk when you connect it to the PC

PeterD2 · Answer

The first part (enabling SMB) didn't work. The second one I have no idea what that is. I downloaded something called RLinux6_i386.deb but I don't know how to open it. I've never even seen Linux in operation so I don't know what to do with it. The drive does work inside the case as a SATA device, and using a partition program I can see the partitions but that's as far as I can go.

I can "download" individual files if I enter 192.168.1.9 and log in with my credentials, but it comes up in a browser window, not under This Computer. I cannot download folders in this manner. The device does show up as a Storage device but I cannot access it.

Entering \\NAS just returns an error, and the IP address opens it in a browser.

PeterD2 · Answer

And in answer to your other question, I thought I had the admin credentials, and I know I set my account as an admin, but I don't know how to get in to the admin console. I cannot get RAIDar to work, despite installing two or three different java drivers it says it is missing. I'm starting to panic now.

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