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garbea
Aspirant
Jan 13, 2019
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Shares showing on network,but cannot access data

Yesterday i had 1.87tb of space left of storage,today i mistakenly turned on snapshots , now its showing storage full and will not let me access shares.The shared folders are showing in windows e...
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  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Jan 14, 2019
    garbea wrote:

    i do have a backup of the data,should l just format the drives on the readynas and then replace them for larger drives?

    That's what I'd do.

     

    But if you already have the larger drives (or can get them quickly), then just rebuild the NAS with the new drives in place.

StephenB's avatar
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 14, 2019

Can you download the log zip file?

 

If you don't have a backup you should contact paid Netgear support via my.netgear.com

  • garbea's avatar
    garbea
    Aspirant
    Jan 14, 2019
    StephenB wrote:

    Can you download the log zip file?

     

    If you don't have a backup you should contact paid Netgear support via my.netgear.com

    hi,

    l have downloaded  the log zip file.

    i do have a backup of the data,should l just format the drives on the readynas and then replace them for larger drives?

    • garbea's avatar
      garbea
      Aspirant
      Jan 14, 2019
    • StephenB's avatar
      StephenB
      Guru - Experienced User
      Jan 14, 2019
      garbea wrote:

      i do have a backup of the data,should l just format the drives on the readynas and then replace them for larger drives?

      That's what I'd do.

       

      But if you already have the larger drives (or can get them quickly), then just rebuild the NAS with the new drives in place.

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