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GqZXiXdU
Aug 06, 2025Aspirant
nv+ 4.1.8 usb boot for a faulty drive
i have rnv-s2-0000 nv+ v1 (sparc) x-raid currently it gets stuck in the "booting..." sequence (with 4 drivers) i am trying drives one by one in slot 1, and so far only 1 hdd (previously in sl...
GqZXiXdU
Aug 07, 2025Aspirant
thank you for the details. it makes sense. the data has some old photos and documents, probably worth a few hours of my time, and a few hours more to learn how this works. but there are no crypto wallets worth billions on it though.
it seems like i could pay for r-studio, copy the drivers over to local images and then try to recreate the software raid volume, but it is unclear whether the hardware-accelerated parity will be an issue. please correct me if i misunderstood your comment.
StephenB
Aug 07, 2025Guru - Experienced User
GqZXiXdU wrote:it seems like i could pay for r-studio, copy the drivers over to local images and then try to recreate the software raid volume,
R-Studio would let you off-load data. It wouldn't repair the volume (or change anything on the disks).
I believe you can download it first, and see if it finds your files. Then you could decide to purchase.
GqZXiXdU wrote:but it is unclear whether the hardware-accelerated parity will be an issue. please correct me if i misunderstood your comment.
Correct.
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