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RND2000v2 (ReadyNAS Duo v2) stuck on 'system starting up' RAIDar
Hi All, I'm hoping someone can help me please. I'm pretty stuck and not sure what else to try. I have a ReadyNAS Duo v2 which has been working fine for a number of years. It has 2x3TB HDDs ins...
CChewie wrote:
2. Installed each drive individually into a USB HDD Caddy and connected to my windows PC. Although both drives are healthy/omline in the below screenshot and within windows disk manager, I can not assign drive letters to the partitions or mount them. I can see three partitions on each drive. Two small and one large which i presume is a my data partition.
This is normal behavior, since Windows has no support for linux formatting.
Try installing r-linux for windows (http://www.r-tt.com/free_linux_recovery/Download.shtml ) and see if it can see the data.
Once you've off-loaded the data, try doing a factory reset. If that succeeds, you can restore the data from your backup.
Thanks StephenB. Your suggestion is much appreciated!
I will try this and let you know how I get on.
Thanks!
Hi StephenB.
Apologies. I'm not sure what i am doing with R-Linux. I think i have the see the correct partition.
But when i click Open Drive Files, it says the below:
I'm wondering if I am missing a step(s) here or something. Could you possibly provide me with a few high level steps or tips in using R-Linux for windows please?
Thanks in advance! Kind regards.
Were you using XRAID on the duo v2?
I think you are actually doing it correctly. Try the other drive.
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