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Failed Drive - Can't Boot! HELP! #19341286
Hi everyone, I hope someone out there can give me some guidance as I no longer have access to my data and somewhat stressed to say the least... I've got the ReadyNAS NV and it's been working fla...
Yikes.
Normally you'd be able to see the Nas with RAIDar even if it was doing a factory default.
Were disk 2 and disk 3 in their original slots when you tried that? Did you hot-add the drives, or was the NAS off (hopefully it was off).
Seems to me that there are two basic possibilities - either the NAS attempted to re-initialize the disks, or it didn't. If it did, then you would need some form of forensic data recovery, which would be expensive.
If it didn't, then perhaps something else broke on the NAS during the repeated restarts. In that case it is possible that you can get the data back more easily.
One path is to power down the NAS, and switch to off line tools (eliminating any possibility that resync, etc will do more damage). Third party services for this might be affordable (I think it gets much more expensive if the disk has been formatted). Some only charge if they get the data back.
Another way to protect your data from further damage is to get 3 new disks, and clone the existing ones (including the failed volume). Then you can try things with the cloned drives, without further risk to the originals.
Normally you'd be able to see the Nas with RAIDar even if it was doing a factory default.
Were disk 2 and disk 3 in their original slots when you tried that? Did you hot-add the drives, or was the NAS off (hopefully it was off).
Seems to me that there are two basic possibilities - either the NAS attempted to re-initialize the disks, or it didn't. If it did, then you would need some form of forensic data recovery, which would be expensive.
If it didn't, then perhaps something else broke on the NAS during the repeated restarts. In that case it is possible that you can get the data back more easily.
One path is to power down the NAS, and switch to off line tools (eliminating any possibility that resync, etc will do more damage). Third party services for this might be affordable (I think it gets much more expensive if the disk has been formatted). Some only charge if they get the data back.
Another way to protect your data from further damage is to get 3 new disks, and clone the existing ones (including the failed volume). Then you can try things with the cloned drives, without further risk to the originals.
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