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USB Recovery option for Corrupted Firmware?
Hello. I have a Readynas Pro however I have upgraded the software to version 6.10.1 which I think is an entirely newer firmware then how this unit ships. Is this unit still able to do the U...
miogpsrocks wrote:
Drives appear to be good from a quick scan however machine is not working correctly. Folders are unstable and being unavailable. Currently I can't get anything to show up. No folders, no IP address on Raidar, no web admin,etc..
It's not obvious to me that a USB recovery is the next step, and it's not the easiest thing to do.
Try powering down, and removing all the disks (labeling by slot). Then power up and see if you get a no-disks status on the LCD, and also in RAIDar.
If you have a scratch (spare) disk, then try putting just that disk into the NAS and try doing a fresh factory install. If that works, then you don't need to risk doing a USB recovery - your flash is fine.
While USB recovery is possible on an OS6 converted legacy NAS, it is not the same as with a native OS6 NAS, so don't try that.
I agree with StephenB that your symptoms are not characteristinc of a problem that can be fixed by USB recovery. That's for NAS that will not boot at all. Given the age of the NAS, it (or at least it's ppower supply) could be on it's last legs, but I would not jump to that conclusion yet. Start with the advice already given regarding powering up with no drives and lets go through this one step at a time.
If you have a spare SATA drive with no data you need to retain, a second step (if all looks good with no drives) would be to insert just that spare drive, let it build a volume, and see how stable that is.
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