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Rickyshen
Aspirant
Dec 17, 2016
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How to reset the admin password for ReadyNAS10200

Hi guys, somehow my admin password doesn't work now, I've tried recover the password but the system said invalid password. Anyone could help please?
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  • JennC's avatar
    JennC
    Feb 08, 2017

    Hello hatem,

     

    I believe this unit you have is a ReadyNAS OS4.

     

    To recover your administrator password using NETGEAR's password recovery tool, follow these steps: 

    1. Using a web browser, visit https://<ReadyNAS_IP_address>/password_recovery.<ReadyNAS_IP_address> is the IP address of your ReadyNAS system.
    2. Enter the email address and password recovery answer you enabled on your ReadyNAS storage system and click the Reset password and email button.

    NETGEAR resets your administrator password and sends an email message with the new password to you.

     

    Or

     

    Recover Your Administrator Password Using an OS Reinstall Reboot

    This process does not remove data from the system, but resets the administrator user name and password to the factory defaults:

    • Factory default user name. admin
    • Factory default password. netgear1

    To recover your administrator password using an OS reinstall reboot, perform an OS reinstall reboot on your storage system.

    The process for performing an OS reinstall reset reboot varies by storage system. This is performed from the boot menu.

     

    Welcome to the community!

     

    Regards,

Rickyshen's avatar
Rickyshen
Aspirant
Dec 18, 2016
Thank you sotrack
After the OS reinstall, would all data till in the HDD there?
StephenB's avatar
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 18, 2016
Rickyshen wrote:

After the OS reinstall, would all data till in the HDD there?

The reinstall resets the admin password to factory default (password in your case) and resets the network connection to use DHCP ("automatic").  Other settings aren't changed.  The reinstall shouldn't affect your data.

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