Re: RND4250V3(A) RND4450V3(A)

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MickaelKail wrote:

The previous screen copy of RADar was made by removing the 4 hard drives as you suggested. With the hard drives inserted, here is the screen copy and the LEDs of the drives are green.

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Sorry, I missed that.

RAIDar should have said "no disks" - not "bad disks".  Not sure if we are dealing with a poor translation in RAIDar or a problem with the ReadyNAS chassis.  Did you notice what was on the LCD screen of the NAS when the hard drives were removed?

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MickaelKail wrote:

After 5 seconds, you get the first flash of the operating system. Rely InstallAfter 30 seconds you will go to the second flash of the LED corresponding to the default setting.For reinstallation of the operating system, be sure to release it to the first flash (about 5 seconds). If you hold the pin down too long, the factory setting will be made. The installation system installed the operating system that is on the memory chip. Reinstalling the operating system will not erase the drives, but will reset the passwords.

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Getting back to this.  As the manual I linked in states: “OS reinstall” displays in the status display in 5 seconds. “Factory Reset” displays 25 seconds later.

The factory reset will reformat the disks, so it is destructive.  The OS reinstall won't.

Your NV+ has an LCD status display, so you aren't only depending on the LED flashing - you'll also see the boot mode displayed on the LCD screen.  

If you didn't see the LCD change when you tried this before, perhaps try it again:

http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RND2110/Duov1_NV+v1_HW_en_06Dec11 wrote:

1. Power off your system.
2. Using a straightened paper clip, press and hold the Reset button.
3. As you continue to hold the Reset button, press and release the Power button.
4. When the name of the correct boot mode displays in the status display screen, release the
   Reset button.

“OS reinstall” displays in the status display in 5 seconds. “Factory Reset” displays 25
seconds later.

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The disks do need to be installed when you do this.  Make sure you press and release the power button in step 3 - don't hold it.  It can be a bit tricky to keep holding the reset button down with the paper clip - especially when you are working from the front of the unit.   Also, the time might not be exactly 5 seconds.  It's safe to hold it longer than 5 (as long as you don't get too close to 30).

It might take a couple of tries.

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MickaelKail wrote:

Having no 3.5-inch hard drive boxes to test each drive, I wanted to be sure to scan the drives before buying one.

 

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Ok.  But I think it would be good to test them.  One possibility is one or more of the disks have failed (even though RAIDar and the LEDs show them as ok).