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PC_Dock
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Sep 05, 2019
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When adding file from PC to ReadyNas I receive error "The Disk is Write Protected"

I have had my ReadyNAS up and running for a few months and today when I tried to copy files over from my Computer hard drive to my NAS system I am getting an error "This Disk is Write Protected".  My...
  • JohnCM_S's avatar
    JohnCM_S
    Sep 05, 2019

    Hi PC_Dock,

     

    It looks like a file system corruption happened in your volume. I see a lot of these messages in kernel.log:

     

    Sep 05 15:26:01 PC-DOC-NAS kernel: BTRFS error (device md126): bad tree block start 12307480573248903287 21371832008704
    Sep 05 15:26:01 PC-DOC-NAS kernel: BTRFS error (device md126): bad tree block start 12307480573248903287 21371832008704
    Sep 05 15:26:01 PC-DOC-NAS kernel: BTRFS error (device md126): bad tree block start 12307480573248903287 21371832008704

     

    It is best to do a factory default then restore from backup when you get these errors. If you are not able to backup all your files, you may contact NETGEAR Support for data recovery (https://kb.netgear.com/69/ReadyNAS-Data-Recovery-Diagnostics-Scope-of-Service).

     

    Regards,