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On 06/03/17 19:51, mr meowski via list wrote: > On 06/03/17 19:24, Julian Hall via list wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> A friend has a 2 HDD NAS in RAID 1 configuration. He suspects the NAS >> box itself is dead because he cannot read from either disc separately. >> Obviously he needs to recover the data, but ZAR (Windows) is not able to >> recover anything. We think that's because the drives are Ext3 formatted. >> Is there any native Linux recovery software we can try? Asking here >> first because I know I'll get decent help backed up by actual experience. > Exact NAS make and model please chief, it makes a big difference > (vendors like to use lots of odd slightly non-standard disk setups > unfortunately). How big are the disks? > > Your best bet is to immediately remove them from the NAS and worry about > that later, presuming the data is what matters. Connect them to a Linux > machine to proceed - if in doubt use the systemrescuecd as your recovery > environment as it comes with a vast swathe of filesystem and storage > drivers that will more than likely be sufficient. You will more than > likely find that simply attaching both disks and booting to > systemrescuecd or any suitably tooled up Linux distro will be sufficient > for the environment to automatically detect the RAID setup, optionally > fsck any damage and recover the array. > > Report back for further help as needed, I've dealt with more than a > couple of failed NAS boxes before. > > Cheers > > http://www.system-rescue-cd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage I had to fix a failed Netgear NAS and it turned out the underlying FS was btrfs .. just as a FYI. But mr meowski's advice as a first port of call is definitely worth following! MJE
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