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ReadyNas NV died - recovery data
Hello everybody, my ReadyNas NV died - I cannt' start the device anymore. I've replcaed the PSU, but the error exists - i believe the mainboard or something is defect. The NAS won't boot up if i...
Hello
I recently had a ReadyNas Duo fail and was able to recover all the Data from Disk 1 by using the R-Linux Utility ( http://www.r-tt.com/free_linux_recovery/ ).
R-Linux recovered all the Directories and Files with the proper filenames and attributes etc. which a lot of recovery utilities do not.
Simply connect the HDD from the ReadyNas to your computer and run the R-Linux Utility directly from Windows (I am using Windows 10 Pro x64).
Hope this helps.
Kevin
kncowans wrote:
Hello
I recently had a ReadyNas Duo fail and was able to recover all the Data from Disk 1 by using the R-Linux Utility ( http://www.r-tt.com/free_linux_recovery/ ).
R-Linux doesn't support RAID recovery - it worked for you because you were using mirroring. R-Studio might work. Most raid-recovery software isn't free, disk internals charges $249 for a personal license to their tool.
Though there's a chance it won't be enough, per-incident Netgear support is much cheaper. In my opinion risk is also less.
Hello Stephen
Thanks for the clarification.
Kevin
Hi,
I was getting corrup files which caused my ReadyNas Duo v1 to hang for 15 minutes when you tried to copy them. Symptons were certain files would have a size of 2.3 Eb (ExaBytes i.e bigger than all the storage you'd likely use in a lifetime).
I downloaded R-Linux 5.1 for Windows and have managed to successfully copy off the files most precious - music and photos. Because it can mount the disk, and you can set filters to ignore files bigger than X, it was able to salvage all the important stuff
It does take a while to scan but its worth it - and free. I have now formatted the disks and copied everything back.
BTW its porbably worth investing in a UPS - pretty sure my issues were down to the frequent, short power cuts that hosed the Duo every time!!
cheers
Mark
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