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SanderK
Aug 23, 2011Aspirant
HELP: how do I abort factory reset on NV+
I have accidentally selected the wrong Readynas for a factory reset, for some reason I had 2 webinterfaces open of 2 different devices and I selected the wrong one. The power cable of my NV+ was pu...
maxblack
Nov 30, 2011Aspirant
mdgm wrote: When you initiate the factory reset, the NAS reboots performs a few checks and then starts a 10 minute countdown. So long as you power down (however you can e.g. pulling the power) before the 10 minute countdown finishes the factory reset is aborted.
You, sir, are a font of knowledge. The User Guide isn't clear about this, as you have been. In the manual it says:
To change between X-RAID and Flex-RAID mode: Perform a Factory Default using the
method described in the previous bullet. Changing RAID modes does not preserve your data,
so make sure to perform a backup before doing this. During the boot process after a Factory
Default, there is a 10-minute window during which you can use RAIDar to select the volume
setup you want. RAIDar will display your ReadyNAS with Setup in the Info column. (It might
take a couple of minutes for RAIDar to display this.)Then, click Setup to display the Volume
Setup screen.
...which implies the "safety net" you clarified for us above, but isn't at all clear about this opportunity to recover from, say, an accidental "factory reset".
Thanks mdgm for this and your many contributions here! 8)
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