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Kinu
May 08, 2021Aspirant
4.2.31 to io6
please someone give me step by step guide on how to update 4.2.31 to new iO 6 newer i have readynas 2100 v2 Rdiiator 4.2.31 bios 08/23/20211 readynas-NVX-V2 V1.10 if any one can help please
- May 10, 2021
Kinu wrote:HOWEVER I was so excited to do this and did NOT take your advise of backing up my home videos - i thought firmware take effact on the mother board and not impact hard drive
HOW I WAS WRONG
my question is now i revert back to Radar 4.2.31 will get my dat back??????
The working OS on a ReadyNAS has always been on the drives, not in flash. The flash contains a boot loader, the boot menu options, and a clean version of the OS for installation onto the drives. OS6 uses a different OS partition size and volume format, so the NAS must factory default with OS6. Thus, the drives were completely reformatted and re-sync'ed as BTRFS instead of the EXT format used by OS 4.2.x, and with different sized partitions. It is highly unlikely there is any way you can get anything back from those drives. But you can test ReclaiMe for free, so it's worth a try.
StephenB
May 08, 2021Guru - Experienced User
mdgm wrote:
1st step is to backup your data
2nd step is to install the Prep R4 to R6 add-on (to avoid having to do a manual factory reset)
3rd step is to install the R4toR6 image when prompted.
Download links are:
mdgm
May 09, 2021Virtuoso
What I meant to say was when you install the R4 to R6 firmware image you will be prompted to reboot, so you should accept that prompt.
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