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Mach111
Jun 21, 2012Aspirant
ReadyNas X6 failure - Any chance of data recovery?
My X6 which has been a reliable bit of kit for a number of years has flaked out due in no small part to user stupidity. Drive 3 failed as indicated by logs and leds on the front of the device. I swa...
mdgm-ntgr
Jun 21, 2012NETGEAR Employee Retired
Unfortunately due to user error the chances of data recovery don't look all that good.
How dead is disk 3? Do you have a spare new disk you could try to clone it onto? Do you have a PC you could hook the dead disk 3 and a replacement disk up to for doing the clone? I'd recommend cloning the disk using dd_rescue
Do you remember what version of RAIDiator is on the unit?
I'm guessing the old disk 2 is probably useless due to it becoming out of sync with the other disks in the array.
How dead is disk 3? Do you have a spare new disk you could try to clone it onto? Do you have a PC you could hook the dead disk 3 and a replacement disk up to for doing the clone? I'd recommend cloning the disk using dd_rescue
Do you remember what version of RAIDiator is on the unit?
I'm guessing the old disk 2 is probably useless due to it becoming out of sync with the other disks in the array.
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