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RN102 won't do the factory reset
Wanting the factory reset (push the reset button with a paperclip, put on power, see all lights go on, select Disk 1 with backup button, press the reset again with the paperclip) it won't do the rese...
Has anyone on this thread been able to boot from USB, as in the suggested article
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29961?
I haven't
I have 2 flash drives (USB sticks). One of them has activity LED, the other doesn't. But both satisfy criteria mentioned in the article. I went through all steps with each of my flash drives.
1) First I try my USB stick without activity LED.
I insert it into the front USB port with ReadyNAS turned off. I plug in the power cable while holding "Backup" button down. All LEDs blink for 10-15 seconds while I am holding the button down, then after 20-30 seconds all of them stop blinking and stay steadily lit forever. ReadyNAS does not power down after 30 minutes. So I presume the boot update fails.
2) Then I try the stick with USB stick. Again, I diligently follow all steps in the article.
I plug the stick into the front USB port with ReadyNAS turned off. I plug in the power cable in while holding "Backup" button down.
Power and Backup LEDs of the NetGear start blinking, 'act' LED is steadily on while I keep holding 'Backup' button down. After 20-30 seconds the activity LED of the USB stick lights up and stays lit for approx. 5 seconds, then it goes out.
Power and Backup LEDs continue blinking, 'Act' LED is steadiy on. The ReadyNAS stays in this state forever, there is no automatic powerdown. Apparently boot from this USB drive fails too.
Could anyone share their experience? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks!
I was working on it, but couldn't find a suitable USB, so i have to go the store first. I hope to reboot this week. So little time.. So much to do.
With 3 flash drives I can't get it to work the way explained in the support article.
Whole lifetime of this device was marked with problems.
Problems started on the 3rd after I bought it - I lost access to admin page (this is another known problem - ReadyCloud corrupts user record).
So for about a year I had to run the device without access to my admin page.
Now I spent whole weekend copying 3 TB elsewhere hoping to solve the problem by doing factory reset, and now I am getting this.
I am just fed up. I think I am throwing this device away and buying new one from another vendor, period.
Total thumbs down, NetGear. Not buying anything from you anymore.
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