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ReadyNAS NV+ RND4000 ERR:BAD FIRMWARE
Please help... I have been running a Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ RND4000 for a few years now, but after a unanticipated power out, which also drained the UPS supporting it (I came home to find this out) t...
Hi All,
Again thank you for all your help.
Good news, I did as suggested and booted my unit with my drives in it, but with one removed. I started with drive 4 out, it booted fine but reported the volume as 0GB available of 0GB, so of no use to me (giving me heart palpitations in the process). So I reinserted drive 4 and removed drive 3. This time after a long delay it booted fine reading 4.0 of 5.4GB available and my data was again readable!! YEH!!!
So it appears obvious that the ERR:BAD FIRMWARE was coming from one of the drives, namely drive 3. I have since been able to back up the important data and although the unit appears to be running slower than usual it has been stable now for 3 days with drive 3 removed.
So my immediate problems are solved and all is happy again in my household. I hope this helps someone else out there.
I suggest steps to follow if you ger ERR:BAD FIRMWARE are;
1: reset firmware by hold down the reset button on the back of the unit for 5 secs (no longer or it goes to OS re-install jeopardizing your data)
2: if that does not work, boot the unit with one drive removed starting at one end and working to the other 1 to 4 or 4 to 1.
3: if you still have issues, get 4 other drives of same capacity each and test the unit with those to confirm the source of the problem.
Hope it helps and again thank you to all for the guidance and knowledge.
Again thank you for all your help.
Good news, I did as suggested and booted my unit with my drives in it, but with one removed. I started with drive 4 out, it booted fine but reported the volume as 0GB available of 0GB, so of no use to me (giving me heart palpitations in the process). So I reinserted drive 4 and removed drive 3. This time after a long delay it booted fine reading 4.0 of 5.4GB available and my data was again readable!! YEH!!!
So it appears obvious that the ERR:BAD FIRMWARE was coming from one of the drives, namely drive 3. I have since been able to back up the important data and although the unit appears to be running slower than usual it has been stable now for 3 days with drive 3 removed.
So my immediate problems are solved and all is happy again in my household. I hope this helps someone else out there.
I suggest steps to follow if you ger ERR:BAD FIRMWARE are;
1: reset firmware by hold down the reset button on the back of the unit for 5 secs (no longer or it goes to OS re-install jeopardizing your data)
2: if that does not work, boot the unit with one drive removed starting at one end and working to the other 1 to 4 or 4 to 1.
3: if you still have issues, get 4 other drives of same capacity each and test the unit with those to confirm the source of the problem.
Hope it helps and again thank you to all for the guidance and knowledge.
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