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Bad disks detected and blue LED lit
I have a quite old ReadyNAS Duo with two mirrored 1TB disks (Western Digital Caviar Green).
Yesterday after re-booting the NAS I got an error message saying "Bad Disks Detected" with the blue L...
The factory reset seems to have solved my problem with the disks and I can now access the NAS etc. I have also recreated the files. Now what remains is to see if the device will continue to be unstable and in need of os reinstall every now and then.
Thanks for all the help!
ManneD wrote:
Do you think it could be worth a shot at testing a factory reset and re-format the disks? I have all data backed up to a separate external drive aswell, so no risk of loosing data.
That's worth a try. You can do the factory reset with only one disk installed, that will complete a bit faster. Then hot-insert a second if that goes well, and it will upgrade the volume from jbod to raid-1 (assuming XRAID).
The factory reset seems to have solved my problem with the disks and I can now access the NAS etc. I have also recreated the files. Now what remains is to see if the device will continue to be unstable and in need of os reinstall every now and then.
Thanks for all the help!
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