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Reggraham
Sep 06, 2025Follower
RAEDYNas 104 inactive Volumes
Hi, I had not accessed my NAS for several days I tried to upload some data but my MAC couldn't find the volume? I couldn't log in to admin and checking the front panel it just said DEAD I rebooted...
StephenB
Sep 06, 2025Guru - Experienced User
Reggraham wrote:The error message says 'Remove inactive volumes to use disk, Disk #1,2,3,4
Don't. That will delete your data.
Reggraham wrote:How can I recover the data volumes I bought a backup several days ago but with the size of data and the fact that it's on Raid5 I haven't had chance to run it.
Please help as there are several years of photos as well as development data on there that I need to recover.
No guarantees of course.
Start by downloading the full log zip file from the logs page. There should be some clues in there on what went wrong.
If you need help analyzing it, then put the full log zip into cloud storage (drop box, google drive, etc), and send me a private message (PM) with a link. Make sure the link permissions are set so anyone with the link can download. You can send a PM using the envelope icon in the upper right of the forum page.
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