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ReadyNASRND2000 bricked.
Hi guys.
My ReadyNASRND2000 is not powering on. Totally dead. Had a few powercuts recently - no idea if they were related.
What is my best next move - my last external back up was over ...
OK - thanks for the help guys.
Pretty sure i have a V1 readynasduo.
Looking a bit closer - my power supply light was not on! Now confirmed it is blown.
I have orderd a replacement power supply and will try that in first instance... if there are issues then at least I know about using the linux setup to try and get data off.Cheers for the help!
doccy wrote:
I am assuming (I hope not wrongly) that the two internal mirrored drives will still have my data.
Hopefully you are correct, but there is a chance that the data volume is corrupted. Power surges can damage the disks, and lost (cached) writes can compromise the RAID array (or the file system).
"Bricked" could use some more clarification. Are you seeing LEDs lit but a failure to boot? If so, try installing RAIDar on a PC, and tell us it's status. ( https://kb.netgear.com/20684/ReadyNAS-Downloads#raidar )
Do you know what firmware the NAS was running (whether it was 4.1.x or 5.3.x)? That might make a difference.
Usually the next step is to try to offload the storage using a Windows PC. For instance, install r-linux for windows on the PC ( https://www.r-studio.com/free-linux-recovery/ ) and then connect disk 1 of the NAS using SATA or a USB/SATA dock or adapter.
If the system looks alive but is not booting, you could also power down, remove disk 1, and then try powering up again. Use the boot menu option to skip the file system checks (as you don't want the system to attempt to repair file system damage at this point). The boot menu works differently on 4.1.x systems and 5.3.x systems - that's one reason we need to confirm exactly what model you own.
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