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DavidCXX
Feb 19, 2016Aspirant
Readynas freezes on start up after constantly crashing
Finding this extremely frustrating. After various problems last year that appeared to be fixed by a OS reinstall, my NAS has been crashing more and more frequently over the last couple of days. I hav...
DavidCXX
Feb 19, 2016Aspirant
I can occasionally get it to boot menu and so that it says OS reinstall but then the NAS won't actually start the reinstall when I press the power button. If I press the reset again it boots and I'm back to it crashing. I am not at all technical but this system isnt great surely...?!
- StephenBFeb 19, 2016Guru - Experienced User
What firmware are you running? Have you disabled the antivirus service?
- DavidCXXFeb 19, 2016Aspirant
I'm not sure what firmware it is as I can't get it working long enough to check - I updated it at the end of last year. And sorry, I was trying the USB recovery tool rather than OS reinstall, my mistake, either way it just goes back to freezing whilst booting.
- DavidCXXFeb 19, 2016Aspirant
ok Ive tried using another USB and that seems to have worked - my antivirus is on but Im being alerted to a huge amount of threats - 40 and rising - help!
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