Netgear Readynas NV+ V2 won't boot

Have you tried removing all the disks (labeling by slot) and then powering up the NAS?  Then see if RAIDar sees it (reporting a "no disks" status).  That will let us know more definitively if the issue is with the NAS chassis or the disks.

Also, can you confirm that you have a v2?  The labels can be confusing/misleading.

an NV+ (v1)

• runs 4.1.x firmware
• says "NV+" on the front panel
• often has labels on the bottom or back saying "v2" or "v3"

An NV+ v2 

• runs 5.3.x firmware
• says "NV+ v2" on the front panel

The boot menu instructions for the v1 and v2 aren't the same, and that could explain your challenges with that.

BTW, saying "latest firmware" isn't that helpful in the forum.  It's better to provide the details.

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Pirazy1 wrote:

is it possible to buy a new one, pop my disks into that one and have it recognize my RAID-config and continue using it as normal? Was looking at getting the ReadyNAS 214

The short answer here is "no".  The RN214 uses the BTRFS file system, your current NAS uses EXT.  So the data volume needs to be reformatted.  The OS is also stored on the disks, and that is completely different.

(Paid) support can temporarily mount your data volume in an RN214, so you can offload the data.  But that is only temporary, you will need to reformat the drives when you complete the installation.  They likely will charge.  See https://kb.netgear.com/29876/ReadyNAS-Migrating-disks-from-RAIDiator-4-1-or-RAIDiator-5-3-to-ReadyNAS-OS-6

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Pirazy1 wrote:

is my last and only resort to send my NAS to netgear for data recovery? Some googling suggested I could connect the disks to my computer and use a recovery program to rebuild the array on my computer and save the data that way.

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Netgear's data recovery service is an option, and potentially could be done remotely on the RN214.  https://kb.netgear.com/69/ReadyNAS-Data-Recovery-Diagnostics-Scope-of-Service

If you can connect the disks to a Windows PC (either SATA or with a USB adapter/dock), you could also try RAID recovery software - R-Studio ( https://www.r-studio.com/ ) and ReclaiMe ( https://www.reclaime.com/ ) are two popular packages.  R-Studio is less expensive, so you probably should try that one first.  Both will let you see what they can recover before purchase.

There are other companies that offer data recovery services, though they tend to be regional.  Seagate offers one that they claim will recover from NAS raid arrays (and is available even if you don't use Seagate disks).  They only charge for successful recovery.  However, I haven't seen any posts here from folks who have used it.