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Desperately need data on a unit with dead NIC
I have ready many posts that the ReadyNAS Duo v2 has NIC issues. My NIC is dead and i have tried all the troubleshooting from other posts. I desperately need access to my Data though. My warranty is ...
ok. So i honestly am still not sure what to do. So sorry, i do appreciate the help but I just don't know anything about these stupid things. I thought the concept of NAS was brilliant and a good way to backup all my important files in case my pc or mac ever crashed. I never considered not being able to access the data on the NAS because of the irreplacible NIC card failing.
<sigh> I must get access to this tax information for an audit and as quickly as possible.
So at this point, here are my issues:
1.I cannot find a v1 ReadyNAS to do a direct swap (at least not very quickly without doing major research or buying form a 3rd world whse)
So at this point, i am going to go purchase a large 2TB USB drive and try to initiate a back up from the front USB panel. I tried this before but my drive was only 500GB and it looked like it did a backup but nothing was put onto the drive and my suspicion is that the drive wasn't large enough to accept the backup.
If that doesn't work, i will purchase a USB chassis for the drive to connect directly to my laptop and using the linux-reader suggested above, try to extract the data from there.
Does that sound like my best options?
<so frustrated> After I get access to this data and my crisis is over....i will come back to get advice on how to prevent this from happening moving forward.
<sigh> I must get access to this tax information for an audit and as quickly as possible.
So at this point, here are my issues:
1.I cannot find a v1 ReadyNAS to do a direct swap (at least not very quickly without doing major research or buying form a 3rd world whse)
So at this point, i am going to go purchase a large 2TB USB drive and try to initiate a back up from the front USB panel. I tried this before but my drive was only 500GB and it looked like it did a backup but nothing was put onto the drive and my suspicion is that the drive wasn't large enough to accept the backup.
If that doesn't work, i will purchase a USB chassis for the drive to connect directly to my laptop and using the linux-reader suggested above, try to extract the data from there.
Does that sound like my best options?
<so frustrated> After I get access to this data and my crisis is over....i will come back to get advice on how to prevent this from happening moving forward.
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