Netgear ReadyNAS Recovery

Netgear, a company normally associated with networking equipment, also makes a popular line of NAS devices called ReadyNAS. This series includes models such as:

• ReadyNAS 102 / 104

• ReadyNAS 312 / 314 / 316

• ReadyNAS 516

• ReadyNAS 3220

• ReadyNAS 4220

• ReadyNAS Duo

• Netgear ReadyNAS NV+

• ReadyNAS Pro 4 / 6

We can help you to recover data from your Netgear ReadyNAS in scenarios, such as:

• Hard drive failure (Amber / Orange LED)

• Accidental deletion

• Unsuccessful RAID rebuild

• Firmware update failure leading to loss of RAID parameters.

Main type of RAID used: X-RAID 0, X-RAID 1, X-RAID 5, X-RAID 6,

X-RAID 10

Main types of file system used by Netgear ReadyNAS: EXT3 , EXT4 , BTRFS

Common error messages - Netgear ReadyNAS

“Corrupt Root.”

“The backup disk image could not be mounted.” (Time Machine).

“Growing SMART errors indicate a disk that may fail soon. If the errors continue to increase, you should be prepared to replace the disk.”

“Detected increasing uncorrectable errors on disk # [model number] This often indicates an impending failure. Please be prepared to replace this disk to maintain data redundancy.”

“Access to the disk on channel (#) is producing I/O errors. Although the array is still redundant, please replace this drive as soon as possible, as it is likely to fail soon.”