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ReadyNAS RN204 files not working after degraded disk recovery
Hi Everyone, I recently noticed that my ReadyNAS had the status DEGRADED and when I googled I found out that this is typically due to a disk failure. I only had 2 disks in a RAID1 configuratio...
StephenB wrote:
MattWall1 wrote:I changed the failed one first. I let it re-sync and it later said that it had finished the task, but that the disk was still DEGRADED.
It should have been redundant at that point.
Unless you had two layers to the volume. Did you at one time have smaller drives that you upgraded? If so, there were two layers that needed to sync. Unfortunately, the ReadyNAS reports a sync has completed when it finishes the first one, then goes on with the second.
But I'd expect it would be saying your volume is dead in that case. So maybe the first new drive was just bad.
What happens if you remove both new drives and put in just the good one from the first set? Don't try mixing that one and one of the new ones right now, as they won't be in sync and that could further confuse the NAS.
Thanks for the tip.
I will try to only insert the bad drive and see if it boots up. If it works I'll copy the files to my computer temporarily, before
I then try to sync with one of the good drives. I will let you know how I go.
Cheers, Matt
You can try that, but I was recommending you try just the original good drive.
Sandshark wrote:
You can try that, but I was recommending you try just the original good drive.
You did. But I'd recommended starting with the failed drive earlier in the thread (and would have then shifted to the second original drive if that failed to mount).
If the failed drive is still "sort of" ok, then it'd be advantageous to go as far back as possible.
Hi Sandshark,
I think one drive is completely broken. It won't even show up in the ReadyNAS Volumes admin page.
I tried with the drive that is "sort of" working.
My shares appears in the desktop tray application on the PC, but they keep disconnecting and
when I try to syncronize with my PC no files are being transferred. although I can here the drive buzzing.
When I went to login to the ReadyNAS admin interface I found that my old user/password did not work, but the
default NetGear User/password worked and it logged me in with the wizard as if I was setting it up fresh. The unit also
displays "ReadyNAS is in safe mode".
In "Volumes" I can see the harddrive, but it is marked in green = "Spare" and it says, "Select disk to create a volume"
I am not sure what my options are from here? I am contemplating to take the all or nothing approach and hit the
hard drives with a hammer to see if I can squeeze out a little bit of life from them, unless anyone has a better idea?
Thanks for any advice.
Cheers, Matt
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