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Aspirant

Oct 12, 2017

ReadyNAS Pro 2 (RNDP2000) missing firmware/OS

Hello Netgear Community, This is a long story, so please be patient :) I recently purchased second-hand a ReadyNAS Pro 2 (RNDP2000) unit. I bought 2x WD Blue 1TB HDD's for testing purposes. W...

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StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Oct 16, 2017

After the setup, I understand that you don't have https access to the web ui. Did you try accessing the NAS from windows file explorer (\\nas-p-address in the address bar - using the real NAS ip address of course).

jameso1
Aspirant
Oct 21, 2017
Hi Stephen,

Apologies for the late reply.

It will not work that way either.
- StephenB
  Guru - Experienced User
  Oct 21, 2017
  It seems likely that there is a hardware issue of some sort - possibly needing a USB recovery, or possibly a corrupt eeprom (which would require some courtesy help from Netgear).
  
  But perhaps try running the memory diagnostic from the front panel first. The hardware manual for your pro-2 is here: http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RNDU2000/ReadyNAS_Ultra_UltraPlus_NVX_Pro_HW_en_8July11.pdf The boot menu is described on pages 14-15.