NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
NV+ factory reset
I have made a giant mistake. Here's what happened: I forgot my password to enter the frontview of my NAS, so i tried password reset. Appears i never set the thing, so next option was a factory reset...
Update on Diskinternals software... SUCCESS
Maxblack may be right that it has something to do with the XRAID file structure. I tried the Diskinternals Raid recovery software but to no avail.
However, I tried their other freeware program Linux Reader (http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/) and it was able to let me browse all of the contents of the disk immediately, without time or effort; no actual recovery necessary. I think this is interesting. How can it do this if the native host (ReadyNAS) can't read the disk? Linux Reader allows you to access the directory in a "Windows Explorer" type view. You can select the folders or files that you want to recover and add them to a recovery list. When you run the recovery list in lets you choose a directory to copy to, then you just sit patiently while it copies the files over. Bottom line, if your NAS drives become corrupted due to bad shutdowns or something similar, this is the software to use. ALSO, if you are a ReadyNAS user, and you do not backup your NAS to a NTFS usb mounted volume then this is the software to use if you need to recover your files from a crashed NAS to a windows machine. I will keep this one on hand since I run three separate businesses off Dou v2's.
I hope this advice creates a shortcut to success for myriad of Ready NAS users.
Peace-
Maxblack may be right that it has something to do with the XRAID file structure. I tried the Diskinternals Raid recovery software but to no avail.
However, I tried their other freeware program Linux Reader (http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/) and it was able to let me browse all of the contents of the disk immediately, without time or effort; no actual recovery necessary. I think this is interesting. How can it do this if the native host (ReadyNAS) can't read the disk? Linux Reader allows you to access the directory in a "Windows Explorer" type view. You can select the folders or files that you want to recover and add them to a recovery list. When you run the recovery list in lets you choose a directory to copy to, then you just sit patiently while it copies the files over. Bottom line, if your NAS drives become corrupted due to bad shutdowns or something similar, this is the software to use. ALSO, if you are a ReadyNAS user, and you do not backup your NAS to a NTFS usb mounted volume then this is the software to use if you need to recover your files from a crashed NAS to a windows machine. I will keep this one on hand since I run three separate businesses off Dou v2's.
I hope this advice creates a shortcut to success for myriad of Ready NAS users.
Peace-
NETGEAR Academy
Boost your skills with the Netgear Academy - Get trained, certified and stay ahead with the latest Netgear technology!
Join Us!
