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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 would...
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
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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?
No, it means not to use a USB hub. But I think that's manly for drives that are powered by the USB where the hub may be overtaxed. A USB housing or docking station with a separate power supply and connected directly to the computer USB port will work fine for all but a couple of the advanced tests. You do want "Seatools", not something specific for Seagate-branded USB drives only.
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