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Migrating NV Disks after PSU failure
Have a ReadyNAS NV for a number of years that had a PSU failure (hot, funky smell and rebooting) and the unit was covered under the service bulletin. I had expected Netgear to send me a PSU to s...
mas99 wrote: Is one safer than the other? It would seem if I don't want to reset anything (like password or IP), installing 4.1.10 would be better?
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If you don't want to reset anything then just install 4.1.10 over the top of itself. An OS Re-install would reset the admin password and get the NAS to pickup an I.P. address via DHCP.
mas99 wrote:
If I opt for OS reinstall, it's just power off, press reset with paperclip in the back and press power to restart. In this case data remains safe?
You would power down, press and hold reset button, press power button, after about 5 seconds the disk LEDs will blink once and the LCD will show something like "5: OS Re-install". Release the reset button at this point.
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