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Aspirant

Sep 22, 2016

I want to factory reset my ReadyNAS, will I lose my installed applications?

I want to factory reset my ReadyNAS, will I lose my installed applications such as Transmission, MySQL, PHP etc?

Installation & Upgrade

omicron_persei8

Luminary

Sep 22, 2016

"Factory Default" is to wipe everything on NAS, so yes, all data, all settings, all applications are wiped.

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20898

Aspirant

Sep 23, 2016

Is there a way to backup the applications and their settings (data)?

StephenB
Guru
Sep 23, 2016
LucianTS wrote:

Is there a way to backup the applications and their settings (data)?

Unfortunately no (at least not though the web ui).

Also, if you save/restore your configuration files, you will need to reinstall your apps beforeyou re-apply the saved configuration.

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