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Aspirant

Oct 06, 2025

RN426E22 NAS Stuck on "Welcome to Netgear Storage" – No Button Response, No Network Access

Hi Team, My NAS (model: RN426E22) is stuck on the "Welcome to Netgear Storage" screen. There is no response when I press the center button or any of the four surrounding buttons. Additionally, the ...

Aspirant

Oct 17, 2025

Hi StephenB , Sandshark

I will try the options to check the PSU. in the meantime, I have a question: if I decide to purchase a brand new Netgear NAS, can I use the same disks from my current NAS in the new one? or any method available to migrate the existing data from these 6 disks to the newly purchased NAS?. Will I get Netger Support for this ?

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Oct 17, 2025

arun-india wrote:
if I decide to purchase a brand new Netgear NAS

The problem here is that Netgear exited the business some years back, so the only new ReadyNAS would be old inventory (at least 5 years old).

That said, you could migrate the disks directly to a used OS-6 x86 model (316, 426, 428, 516, 526, 528, 626, 628, or 716 are the possible desktop NAS). The x1x models are the oldest (launched in 2013). 42X, 52x, and 62x are the newest (launched in 2016-2017).

You could also get a used Ultra 6, Ultra 6 Plus, or Pro 6, and convert that to run OS-6. Then you could migrate the disks. Note these models would be at least 12 years, as Netgear stopped building them in 2013 when they launched the OS-6 NAS.

arun-india wrote:
Will I get Netgear Support for this ?

No, as all ReadyNAS platforms (including yours) are end-of-life.

https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rn426/

So unfortunately no Netgear support for any ReadyNAS.

arun-india wrote:
or any method available to migrate the existing data from these 6 disks

If you can connect all the disks to a Linux platform (using either SATA or USB adapter/docks) you could mount the volume manually and offload data. This assumes that the failure did not damage the disks (or the data on them). We can provide details on how to do that.

Another option is to use RAID recovery software that supports BTRFS and linux software RAID. ReclaiMe and UFS Explorer are two packages that other posters have used with success. This would require connecting all the drives to a Windows PC.

arun-india
Aspirant
Oct 21, 2025
If you can connect all the disks to a Linux platform (using either SATA or USB adapter/docks) you could mount the volume manually and offload data. This assumes that the failure did not damage the disks (or the data on them). We can provide details on how to do that.
Hi StephenB ,
I am a Linux enthusiast and interested in trying above method. Could you please provide the details for me to try it out?
A few additional points that might help in the next steps
There are a total of 6 disks, where 5 disks have a capacity of 4 TB each, and one disk has a capacity of 2 TB
I have attached a screenshot of the admin page, which I took a while ago
Even if the disks were part of a RAID array, we can still retrieve the data using above method right ? ( assuming that disks are fine)
- StephenB
  Guru - Experienced User
  Oct 21, 2025
  arun-india wrote:
  I have attached a screenshot of the admin page, which I took a while ago
  
  It looks like back then you were using FlexRAID - a 2 TB JBOD volume (data) and a 12 TB (~10.88 TiB) volume (Jupiter).
  
  Options for Jupiter would be
  
  5x4 TB RAID-6
  
  4x4 TB RAID-5
  
  If RAID-5, then either disk 5 was not installed back in 2023, or it was set up as a spare.
  
  Do you recall the details? Manual mounting will be easier if we are certain about the RAID configuration.
  
  arun-india wrote:
  I am a Linux enthusiast and interested in trying above method. Could you please provide the details for me to try it out?
  
  Try the JBOD volume first.
  
  You need to install mdadm and btrfs on the linux system.
  
  Even for the JBOD volume, you need to assemble a RAID array
  
  mdadm --assemble /dev/md127 /dev/sdX3
  
  where sdX is the device of the 2 TB disk.
  
  If that assembles, then you'd mount using BTRFS
  
  mount /dev/md127 /data
  
  ( You can use any convenient mount point on the linux system instead of /data).
  
  The other volume will be a bit more complicated - after you connect those drives, please provide the partition information (just in case the array was vertically expanded).