Just picked up a second hand RND2000 as a backup NAS. I plugged it in with ethernet to discover on RAIDar. It didn't show up so I tried to factory reset it using the manual on the website. the front is now showing this light code with all lights, ' - - . . . ' I cannot find what this means in the manual. can anyone help me with this issue? Thanks, Silton.

Great. If you are using Windows 10 you'll need to enable the CIFS 1.0 client on the Windows PC.

Either you have no disks installed, or there is an issue with the chassis. LED blink behavior for 2 disk systems is three quick blinks of all disk LEDs and the backup LED, followed by an 1s delay, followed by a number of slow blinks. The number of slow blinks will be the error code.Current error codes:1 - Vendor mismatch2 - No disks detected3 - Bad contents on root partition of disks4 - Flash error5 - Unsupported RAID configuration

I have 2 Samsung 1tb drives installed with no data formatted in NTFS. all 4 lights are flashing. What does 'bad contents on root partition of disks' mean? I saw it working before I bought it so there should be no issues. How do I get it to be discovered in raidar when it isn't appearing?

Silton wrote: What does 'bad contents on root partition of disks' mean? It means that the NAS is seeing partitioning, but nothing it can boot from. You can try doing a factory reset from the boot menu, however the details generally depend on what model of NAS to you have. Does yours say "Duo" on the front panel, or does it say "Duo v2"? Ignore the back panel labels. Silton wrote: How do I get it to be discovered in raidar when it isn't appearing? What version of RAIDar did you install? RAIDar uses a simple discovery protocol using UDP broadcast packets. If you have the windows firewll (or internet security software) running on the PC, then you should try disabling that software. Also, some wireless networks will block broadcast packets, so you might find it works better with ethernet than wifi.

It has just readynasduo on the bottom right. I have the latest version from the Netgear website. I have it plugged into a switch which my main computer is attached to. I disabled my Bitdefender but didn't touch my windows firewalls.

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StephenB
Guru
Jul 12, 2018
Either you have no disks installed, or there is an issue with the chassis.

LED blink behavior for 2 disk systems is three quick blinks of all disk LEDs and the backup LED, followed by an 1s delay, followed by a number of slow blinks. The number of slow blinks will be the error code.

Current error codes:
1 - Vendor mismatch
2 - No disks detected
3 - Bad contents on root partition of disks
4 - Flash error
5 - Unsupported RAID configuration
- Silton
  Aspirant
  Jul 12, 2018
  I have 2 Samsung 1tb drives installed with no data formatted in NTFS. all 4 lights are flashing. What does 'bad contents on root partition of disks' mean? I saw it working before I bought it so there should be no issues. How do I get it to be discovered in raidar when it isn't appearing?
  - StephenB
    Guru
    Jul 12, 2018
    Silton wrote:
    
    What does 'bad contents on root partition of disks' mean?
    
    It means that the NAS is seeing partitioning, but nothing it can boot from.
    
    You can try doing a factory reset from the boot menu, however the details generally depend on what model of NAS to you have.
    
    Does yours say "Duo" on the front panel, or does it say "Duo v2"? Ignore the back panel labels.
    
    Silton wrote:
    
    How do I get it to be discovered in raidar when it isn't appearing?
    
    What version of RAIDar did you install?
    
    RAIDar uses a simple discovery protocol using UDP broadcast packets. If you have the windows firewll (or internet security software) running on the PC, then you should try disabling that software. Also, some wireless networks will block broadcast packets, so you might find it works better with ethernet than wifi.

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