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parkeryoung
Feb 18, 2017Tutor
RN214 Won't Boot even after Factory Reset
Never had a problem till now. I had to move my ReadyNas to another location. Powered down, moved it, turned it back on and it's stuck on "Booting... 67%" After much internet searching, I tried di...
- Feb 23, 2017
Set a reasonable time for the hardware clock and it appears to have booted fine now.
bedlam1
Feb 18, 2017Prodigy
Maybe your Power Supply (PSU) is failing?
Since you have moved the unit you could try powering off, remove power cable, remove each disk and then insert back (re-seating), be sure to insert in the same slot or just do one at a time, then try to boot again
StephenB
Feb 18, 2017Guru - Experienced User
I suggest booting up "read only". That is described on page 62 of your hardware manual.
- parkeryoungFeb 18, 2017Tutor
No luck. Still gets stuck "Booting..."
- StephenBFeb 19, 2017Guru - Experienced User
You could try zeroing one of the disks with WDC's Lifeguard software (a quick zero will do), and then try powering up the NAS with just that one disk installed. That will force a clean factory install to that drive.
- parkeryoungFeb 22, 2017Tutor
Working on trying this idea (Zeroing out one drive at a time). I was able to mount one of the disks in a separate enclosure. "WDC's Lifeguard software" appears to be for Windows. I'm on a Mac. Using the Disk Utility, Erasing with a single pass of zeros should do the trick yes? Any advice on these Format options? Thanks!
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