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Ellone
Aug 20, 2015Tutor
Factory reset also format disks ?
Hi, I had an issue with my RN 10400 recently bought. I played with the parameters to add a friend as user so he can access it. I finally managed to do it. But then I couldn't access my own nas ...
JennC
Aug 20, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi Ellone,
We apologize but hitting the button Perform Factory Default where you will enter FACTORY word is jsut the same with selecting Factory Reset from the boot menu.
I believe it was also mentioned on the page what it will exactly do.
Here's an article for boot menu for your reference in the future.
Regards,
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