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RND2000 flashing
Hi,
I've got an old readynas which I have been happy with. 2 days ago I had a powercut.
Now the NAS will not boot, it just flashes / blinks. Theres LEDs = blue Power, yellow ACT, green disk 1 and...
Marc_V is correct, the duo can boot with only disk 2 installed.
If you are lucky, only the OS partition on disk 1 is damaged, and the data is ok. I suggest connecting disk 1 to a Windows PC (using USB or SATA), and then see if R-linux for Windows can access the data. https://www.r-studio.com/free-linux-recovery/ Note that will only work with XRAID. If you are using RAID-0, you'd need the full R-Studio package. You can download the full version for free, but you'd need to purchase before you can extract any data.
I also suggest testing them in a Windows PC with vendor tools (Seatools for Seagate, Lifeguard for Western Digital).
Power down the NAS before you remove the disks, and label them by slot as you remove them. Don't format them when you connect them to the PC, as that will destroy any data. Windows won't recognize the file system, but the tools listed above will detect healthy disks, and can access them directly.
Hi,
sorry forgot to mention that Raidar doesn't see the NAS. I've only got the blinking lights to work from
Marc_V is correct, the duo can boot with only disk 2 installed.
If you are lucky, only the OS partition on disk 1 is damaged, and the data is ok. I suggest connecting disk 1 to a Windows PC (using USB or SATA), and then see if R-linux for Windows can access the data. https://www.r-studio.com/free-linux-recovery/ Note that will only work with XRAID. If you are using RAID-0, you'd need the full R-Studio package. You can download the full version for free, but you'd need to purchase before you can extract any data.
I also suggest testing them in a Windows PC with vendor tools (Seatools for Seagate, Lifeguard for Western Digital).
Power down the NAS before you remove the disks, and label them by slot as you remove them. Don't format them when you connect them to the PC, as that will destroy any data. Windows won't recognize the file system, but the tools listed above will detect healthy disks, and can access them directly.
thank you for the clear replies.
I need another disk no matter what so have ordered and I will run the R-linux now
Hi,
I'm being careful with this drive (drive 1) as I'm in windows environment.Seatools and R-Linux both see the drive and Seatools passes SMART and Short Drive Self Test. I'm not sure about selecting "Fix All" as this isn't a PC windows drive and I worry it might rewrite or reconfigure it to work on my windows PC.
I am running a R-Linux scan which will take the rest of the day but I'm not sure what if anything else I should be doing? It is finding EXT2/EXT3/EXT4 SuperBlock 186.
Many thanks
pgtips wrote:
Seatools and R-Linux both see the drive and Seatools passes SMART and Short Drive Self Test. I'm not sure about selecting "Fix All" as this isn't a PC windows drive and I worry it might rewrite or reconfigure it to work on my windows PC.
I agree you shouldn't try to repair it with Seatools. I would follow up with the long generic test though. Generally I look at the SMART data myself, as I think the manufacturer thresholds are too high (set to control their warranty costs).
pgtips wrote:
I am running a R-Linux scan which will take the rest of the day but I'm not sure what if anything else I should be doing? It is finding EXT2/EXT3/EXT4 SuperBlock 186.
It's good that it is finding the file system superblock. Let if finish, and see if it finds the "C" volume files.
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