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Volume root is degraded
I would like to completely reconfigue my NAS unit after a Volume root is degraded message showing up after running diagnostics. I'm only running 2 drives in this unit as JBOD no need for RAID as I h...
What is the best way to do a factory reset?
claynz wrote:
What is the best way to do a factory reset?
There's no "best" way, but there are three options:
- use the web ui: system->settings->update has a "Perform Factory Default" control.
- use the boot menu: see pages 74-75 here: https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-100/ReadyNAS_%20OS6_Desktop_HM_EN.pdf
- Remove the disks, and either erase them or un-partition them in a PC. Reinstall disk(s) with the NAS powered down. On power up, the NAS will do a factory install.
I removed the drive from the NAS and performed a factory reset on the single drive left in the NAS.
I un-partitioned the other drive in another PC and added (16TB) back to the NAS and it took awhile to resync, now I can not do anyhting with it, I would like to use it as a seprate drive.
The only thing I can do is toggle the X-RAID
claynz wrote:
I removed the drive from the NAS and performed a factory reset on the single drive left in the NAS.
I un-partitioned the other drive in another PC and added (16TB) back to the NAS and it took awhile to resync, now I can not do anyhting with it, I would like to use it as a seprate drive.
The only thing I can do is toggle the X-RAID
Allowing the second disk to resync was a waste of time. What you should have done is toggled X-RAID off before you added the disk back, and then created a second volume.
What you do now is:
- toggle XRAID off
- destroy the current volume (option is on the volume settings wheel).
- create two new ones.
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