NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
read readynas volume using usb port windows 10
HI everyone, my readynas 102 is having some issues, and I want to reset it to factory defaults. I have tried to back up the data to an external usb 3.0 drive, but the backup crashes and never finishes. I have tried using sync software, but nothing works. The data is intact on the two 3 tb volumes i have installed in a raid 1 config, but since i can't back it up or sync it if I factory reset all my data is lost. I have a usb enclosure for the hard drives I have installed in the readynas, but I know I can't simply plug it in a usb port and read it on my pc. What can I do to extract the data? I am on firmware 6.4.0 if that matters.
Thanks for your help.
Eric
7 Replies
Have you tried connecting the USB drive to the PC, and using drag/drop to copy the data? Or use teracopy (which can verify).
Hi Stephen, I have, but I believe the drives are formatted inside the readynas such that they are not readable by just plugging into a usb port on a pc. I believe the are formatted btrfs, which windows can't natively read. I didn't know if there was a program I could download to windows so I can plug in and read the data from the network drives, in the same way I plug in a thumb drive and it reads it.
The external drive wouldn't be formatted as btrfs. It might be ext, but you could reformat it as NTFS and drag/drop the data from the NAS to the external USB drive. It's possible this might crash (as the backup does), but it is worth a try.
It is possible to read the RN102 internal drives, but you'd need to be running linux. I believe an arch LiveUSB drive supports btrfs - though I haven't tried it myself.
NETGEAR Academy
Boost your skills with the Netgear Academy - Get trained, certified and stay ahead with the latest Netgear technology!
Join Us!
