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ReadyNAS Duo cannot access admin page or factory reset
I know this is quite an old system (purchased 2011) - but the optimist in me says that means everything has been fixed more than once right? After moving house it has took me a while to ge this u...
If the disks are zeroed, then it had to do a factory install. The NAS boots from the disks. There was no need for boot-menu options, all you really needed to do is power up again.
The default admin password for the NAS should be "netgear1". Is that what you are using?
Found a SATA / USB cable that worked with these WD Caviar Greens...
Both WD drives tested using lifeguard and zero'd. Also also quick test and SMART showed as OK.
Loaded back into the RND2110 with a double flash reset.
This still has not reset the password to allow me access to the admin pages.
Are there any other options from here? USB boot? USB firmware load?
If the disks are zeroed, then it had to do a factory install. The NAS boots from the disks. There was no need for boot-menu options, all you really needed to do is power up again.
The default admin password for the NAS should be "netgear1". Is that what you are using?
I was using admin/admin which is what I had written down (and posted at the top). I dont remember ever using "netgear1".
But hey, it was a quick check and it worked!
good. netgear1 is the factory default for your model, and it gets reapplied whenever you do an OS reinstall or a factory reset.
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