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matt_werner
Jan 20, 2012Aspirant
ReadyNAS 1000S Disk change over, boot failure
My ReadyNAS 1000S has been working fine for over two years. We use it as a destination for backup images of our servers and other computers. After January 1, I wanted to replace the hard drives with a...
mdgm-ntgr
Jan 20, 2012NETGEAR Employee Retired
You should've tried a factory default (wipes all data, settings, everything). The NTFS formatted disks will need to be wiped. See http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_use_the_boot_menu
Does this not work?
Removing the CF card from the NAS and connect it to your PC and writing to it is the way to go. Writing this way you would use the standard firmware image not the TFTP boot recovery download or the USB Boot Recovery image.
What OS is on your client machine (e.g. PC? Mac?).
Does this not work?
Removing the CF card from the NAS and connect it to your PC and writing to it is the way to go. Writing this way you would use the standard firmware image not the TFTP boot recovery download or the USB Boot Recovery image.
What OS is on your client machine (e.g. PC? Mac?).
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