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Abernus1
Jun 23, 2013Aspirant
ReadyNAS Duo File System Check
Hi all, I recently went away and decided to power down my Duo. I loaded RAIDar v4.3.4 and logged on to my Duo and powered it down, all went O.K with no errors. When I can home I loaded RAIDar and...
Abernus1
Jun 25, 2013Aspirant
Thanks for the support. I raised a ticket with Netgear and have got 2 responses back from 2 different people:
Hardware check:
1. Connect the NAS directly on the LAN port of the PC.
2. Set static IP on PC 192.168.168.5.
3. Launch RAIDar and check if NAS will be detected.
4. Turn off NAS, remove hard drives. (NOTE: Put an indicator on which bay the HDD is originally inserted for swapping drives will result to data loss)
5. Launch RAIDar again, and check if NAS will display a "no disk detected" status.
6. Run a diagnostic on hard drives using the diagnostic tool that comes along with the drive or download the application on the hard drive manufacturers' website.
and
To answer your query, kindly perform OS re-install.
Please check the link for the steps:
http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how ... v_nv_x6600
I was wondering performing an OS install on the DUO, will this affect the disks in it? does anyone have any experience of doing this? I will be trying the first 6 suggestions first.
Thanks
Hardware check:
1. Connect the NAS directly on the LAN port of the PC.
2. Set static IP on PC 192.168.168.5.
3. Launch RAIDar and check if NAS will be detected.
4. Turn off NAS, remove hard drives. (NOTE: Put an indicator on which bay the HDD is originally inserted for swapping drives will result to data loss)
5. Launch RAIDar again, and check if NAS will display a "no disk detected" status.
6. Run a diagnostic on hard drives using the diagnostic tool that comes along with the drive or download the application on the hard drive manufacturers' website.
and
To answer your query, kindly perform OS re-install.
Please check the link for the steps:
http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how ... v_nv_x6600
I was wondering performing an OS install on the DUO, will this affect the disks in it? does anyone have any experience of doing this? I will be trying the first 6 suggestions first.
Thanks
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