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You likely will need to forcibly power down. Try holding the switch down for several seconds, if that doesn't help you'll need to pull the plug.
Then I suggest removing the disks (labeling by slot) and powering up diskless. Then see if you get a correct IP address for your network, and if RAIDar discovers the NAS with "no disks" status.
While the disks are out, try testing them in a Windows PC with vendor tools (Seatools for Seagate, Lifeguard for Western Digital). Don't initialize them or format them of course - the vendor tools can find/test the disks even though windows doesn't recognize them.
If you want to put them back in the NAS, make sure it is powered down and that you preserve the original slot order.
You likely will need to forcibly power down. Try holding the switch down for several seconds, if that doesn't help you'll need to pull the plug.
Then I suggest removing the disks (labeling by slot) and powering up diskless. Then see if you get a correct IP address for your network, and if RAIDar discovers the NAS with "no disks" status.
While the disks are out, try testing them in a Windows PC with vendor tools (Seatools for Seagate, Lifeguard for Western Digital). Don't initialize them or format them of course - the vendor tools can find/test the disks even though windows doesn't recognize them.
If you want to put them back in the NAS, make sure it is powered down and that you preserve the original slot order.
When you enter // in explorer, it will simply open a browser. Microsoft uses \\ and \. The web interfaces only use /.
So try entering \\nas-ip-address in windows file explorer (using the real IP address). If you have a volume mounted, it should show you the shares in the normal file explorer pane. It might prompt for username/password of course.
If you in fact have no volume mounted, it will fail.
I have one disk broken (it seems) i have raid 5, so i am safe, right ??
That's generally true, but not always. If the three disks are no longer synced then you can lose the volume even though they are healthy.
The only real way to be safe is to have backups of your files on other devices. RAID alone is not enough.
If you are the original purchaser of the NAS, you could try using paid support to get your data (my.netgear.com). Netgear does offer a data recovery service (warning: data recovery is expensive), but the normal per-incident support might be enough to mount your volume.
What happend If i use seagate windows tool to repair wrong disk ?
Personally I don't try to repair the disks, I just replace them. I've found that once the disks begin to fail, they just get worse until they fail altogether.
But if you try to repair the wrong one, it shouldn't find anything to repair.
If you have a reasonable understanding of linux commands you can enable ssh and monitor the os partition fullness. If you catch it before it gets very full it is fairly easy to fix. If you search the forum, you will find some guidance.
It moves the ReadyDLNA cache to the C volume. It is a "toggle" add-on - it has no UI, and won't show up in the add-on list. You uninstall by installing it a second time.
