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ReadyNas Duo V1 (Sparc) dead disk recovery
I've got a dead disk (1 TB Seagate) from my ReadyNas Duo V1 system, has been disk one, got more and more errors, went dead, couldn't start the NAS up, Frontview didn't couldn't recognize it, it wouldn't start up at all, got stuck in the boot process, when the fan is running max rpm.
Got the system up and running again with another disk, factory reset and new config. When putting the old, defective disk in, it clicks a few times, then sounds normal, but is not shown in Frontview or in explorer. Disk controll light is not lit.
Surfed through some threads here, read something about r-linux or r-studio, downloaded them, put the disk in a USB-tray, but can't find it with them, I read something about VM-Ware and virtual Linux machine, but it was unclear, wether the instructions were for V1 or V2 (as most are).
I suspect all these apps/programs can't read Sparc formattet disks. Any other way to acess and recover the data?
I'm new to NAS and I bought this old one, to get startet with it. I'm aware of the limitations of an old OS/filesystem, but won't spend the oney on a newer one, as long as I can't get the old one runiing. And hopefully be able to recover the data. My idea was just to use it as media storage for the network, not for essential backups, so i configured it as RAID-0 to be able to use both disks with all available space. Might have been a fault...
As for the moment, the data recovery is most important to me, once done that, I will look further in to upgrading to a arm og x86 system... Or even newer?
Setup right now: Windows 10 Pro laptop, Kaspersky Internet Security 2016, Netgear Nighthawk R7000, Netgear EXT6100.
Any help (for a dummy like me) is welcome
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Hi Lause67,
Welcome to the community! :)
You may want to try to clone the faulty disk 1 to a new drive. I have not yet tried Disk Cloning however, it might help.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
Thanks
If only I could, requires access to the drive and data, and I haven't got any. Anyhow, my major problem is, I don't know for sure if the drive is completely dead, or just unreadable for the ReadyNas and nok recognizable for Windows computer (with R-Linux or similar). The old Sparc filesystem/OS doesn't make it easyer.
If anyone could confirm, that I should be able to read the files in a Linux environment - if the drive is nok physically damaged, of course. And that's what I want to find out.
Connected to either ReadyNas or in a USB-case, it spins up, klicks some times (doesn't sound good, does it?), and nothing more happens.
Lause67 wrote:Thanks
If only I could, requires access to the drive and data, and I haven't got any. Anyhow, my major problem is, I don't know for sure if the drive is completely dead, or just unreadable for the ReadyNas and nok recognizable for Windows computer (with R-Linux or similar). The old Sparc filesystem/OS doesn't make it easyer.
If anyone could confirm, that I should be able to read the files in a Linux environment - if the drive is nok physically damaged, of course. And that's what I want to find out.
Connected to either ReadyNas or in a USB-case, it spins up, klicks some times (doesn't sound good, does it?), and nothing more happens.
If you cannot even access it at the lowest level with the manufacterer's drive tool (e.g Seatools) when it's installed in the USB case, no OS is going to be able to do anything with it.
If you were running raid-1 (or xraid) you could try booting with only disk 2 installed.
Linux reader will read a healthy data disk in a duo v1 ( http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/ ) However, your drive isn't healthy, and might not be readable at all.
I suspect cloning won't be possible either, but it is perhaps worth a try. You'd need a cloning program that does sector-by-sector copying.
I've been googleing Seatools (found Seagate USB External drive diagnostics) and it says: "Be sure the drive is connected directly to the computer using a USB port, not using a docking station or hub" - does this mean, I have to connect the drive directly via SATA to USB cable, rather than putting it in a housing for external drives and connect this to USB?
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