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PeterJEB
Mar 16, 2017Aspirant
ReadyNAS Duo RND2000 not booting - no disks detected
My ReadyNAS Duo was working fine yesterday - as far as I know, both disks were OK.
I beleive the firmware is up-to-date but has not changed recently.
I copied a large number of photos onto it and all seemed well initially but I did not check them as the process too a long time (perhaps longer than usual).
Later the device would not shut off as usual so I disconnected and tried to reboot.
Various patterns were observed and Raidar was unable to find it.
I have seen it with the power light on steady but no other lights.
I powered off and removed the disks to try one or two in the two slots.
The current sitiuation is that it will not detect disks. Raidar will now find it.
Currently the power light is flashing but I can turn it off by holding it down, as usual.
It will restart with no disks inserted and can then be discovered using raidar but with useful options greyed out.
The power light is flashing and the two LEDs are flashing in a pattern of 2 slow flashes followed by 3 fast ones.
Inserting a disk (or two) seems to have little effect.
Any ideas?
I was thinking about replacement as it's 6 years old and well out of warranty.
I'd rather like to be able to access the data!
2 Replies
- mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee Retired
That LED pattern indicates "No Disks Detected". See ReadyNAS LED Patterns
This either suggests disk failure or an issue with the chassis of some kind. Both are possibilities.
If the problem is the chassis (not the disks) then this procedure may help: ReadyNAS: Migrating disks from RAIDiator to OS 6 (note there would be some costs involved).- PeterJEBAspirant
Thanks, I did see that first url but didn't quite understand - it's easier if one scrolls the window over to read it all!
I'll take a look at the second one now.
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