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. So assuming the OP's 4-disk NV+ was formatted X-RAID, he has a RAID-5 system and thus files are spread-across the disks. And even if they are in-sync, the files wouldn't be individually readable on any one disk. Do I have that right?
Correct. (though small files might be happen to fit on one disk)
One thing to keep in mind is that the ReadyNAS also has a small OS partition (4 GB). That holds Linux and the ReadyNAS application software. That is mirrored on every disk - so Linux Reader will find that partition and the files on it.
Well, I'm embarassed. I could swear that I'd used Linux Reader (from DiskInternals) to see the file structures on one of my disks but...apparently not as I"ve tried again and it simply doesn't work. Shows the disk partitions but they do not open (not even the OS partition). I tried additionally to run the RAID Recovery tool from DiskInternals but it actually crashes on my system.
I apologize @Jimmy112 for this distraction and false hope. I would delete all my posts (so as not to confuse any who may look here in the future) but that might just cause even more confusion. Glad @StephenB knows his stuff and pushed-back on me!
I will be more careful "helping" here in the future!
Sorry for the lack of communication lately. I have since sent my NAS off to a data recovery company who are still working on it.
If it's taking this this long then I am 100% sure I would have messed it up trying to recover the data myself.
I might leave all the replies up as it might confuse people if I start removing anything and some of what Stephen B said could help someone else later down the track
I just wanted to end this by saying thank you for your help and advise. These forums are great for novices like me and experts like you being able to help out so thank you!!!
