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ReadyNAS RN316 showing Volume Is read-only
Can someone please help. My RN316 is showing "Volume is read-only". i've tried replacing 3 of the 6 disks, only 1 of which had shown any errors in the "ATA error" item when you hover the mous...
craigat wrote:
Hi,
The RN316 seems fine... its just read-only.. I can copy files off it, I can play videos from it.
Is there anything I can do? or just destroy it?
Thanks,
Craig
The best strategy is to do a factory reset, set up the NAS again, and restore the data from a backup.
Which is why I keep asking if you've made a backup.
Hi,
The RN316 seems fine... its just read-only.. I can copy files off it, I can play videos from it.
Is there anything I can do? or just destroy it?
Thanks,
Craig
craigat wrote:
Hi,
The RN316 seems fine... its just read-only.. I can copy files off it, I can play videos from it.
Is there anything I can do? or just destroy it?
Thanks,
Craig
The best strategy is to do a factory reset, set up the NAS again, and restore the data from a backup.
Which is why I keep asking if you've made a backup.
Hi StephenB,
Definitely yes, I have been backing up all this time. A very slow process. Had to go buy more gear to do that!
As soon as its complete I'll destroy the current config & start again.
Regards
Craig
craigat wrote:
Definitely yes, I have been backing up all this time. A very slow process. Had to go buy more gear to do that!
As soon as its complete I'll destroy the current config & start again.
That is the best path.
Before you destroy the volume (but AFTER the backup), I suggest running the disk test from the volume settings wheel. That will do a full non-destructive test of all the drives - which will take a while. You'll see the completion on the logs page.
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