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ManneD
Aspirant
Aug 20, 2018
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Bad disks detected and blue LED lit

I have a quite old ReadyNAS Duo with two mirrored 1TB disks (Western Digital Caviar Green).   Yesterday after re-booting the NAS I got an error message saying "Bad Disks Detected" with the blue L...
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    ManneD
    Aug 28, 2018

    The factory reset seems to have solved my problem with the disks and I can now access the NAS etc. I have also recreated the files. Now what remains is to see if the device will continue to be unstable and in need of os reinstall every now and then.

     

    Thanks for all the help!

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ManneD
Aspirant
Aug 29, 2018
mdgm-ntgr wrote:

You can send your logs zip file in if you like (see the Sending Logs link in my sig).

Done :-)

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mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Aug 29, 2018

I don't think I can determine a bad disk from the logs. You may need to test the disks using WD Data LifeGuard Diagnostics if you still suspect a bad disk.

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