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moonsplash
Nov 04, 2012Aspirant
The option "keep existing files" deleted my whole NAS 2.5TB!
I just bought another (already have one up and running) ReadyNAS Ultra 4 with 4 HD's of 2TB each + 2 Replicate licenses for the purpose of backing up my first NAS which has the same specs. On the firs...
mdgm-ntgr
Nov 12, 2012NETGEAR Employee Retired
That's correct. Unless you powered down the NAS then removed all disks before powering on again, the old disks would be useless.
The data recovery using Linux would only possibly work with your disks that are currently in the NAS or a clone.
The data recovery using Linux would only possibly work with your disks that are currently in the NAS or a clone.
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