Storage

[brian_nathaniel]

For most of us Japanese is not a primary or even a secondary language and after a firmware update sometimes things go awry.  If you log into the GUI for your NAS (older LinkStations and TeraStations in this case) and all you get are boxes or kanji characters then chances are you will need to perform the following steps.

1. Log into the GUI (the admin and password fields are still in the same position regardless of the language displayed)
2. Click on the second item in the navigation bar <-(it should look like that)
3. In the right hand side of the page you will see just above the grey apply button two drop down menus.  Change those to look like the following and click the Apply button (please note the Apply button will be in a foreign text at this point)
4. You will then need to close and re-open your web browser to the GUI and the first indication as to whether this process worked or not will be that the Username and Password field labels should be in English.

You're done!  Please note that if this problem occurs repeatedly to run a force firmware update and immediately initialize the unit from the GUI once the update process is complete.

[CasaDelGato]

Well, the images don't seem to be there anymore, and I don't think my LS-L500GL has whatever icon is being talked about.

[realborat]

Try this,

1) When you first start the GUI, The first screen to appear is the logon screen. In the first box, I typed admin, the second box I typed password, then clicked the box in the lower left.

2) The next screen is the Home screen. I selected the 2nd box on the left side of the screen - the one with the page icon.

3) The next screen is the basic screen. In the box located 2 up from the bottom, I selected English (this is the Display Language box) and clicked the button on the lower left of the screen (Apply).

4) Next, I returned to the Home screen (top box on screens left - the one with the computer icon).

5) Next, I again selected the basic screen again (see step 3) Selected English in the Windows Client Language box (very bottom of the screen) and clicked the Apply.

[davo]

the LS-LGL doesnt have an option to change the language at all.

[CasaDelGato]

So, since I can't change the language to something legible, can anyone tell me how I can haved it reformat the drive? 

Multiple files have gotten into a "can't be deleted" state.  It just hangs the LinkStation when I try.

[davo]

There is no option to format it via the GUI anyways, reinstall the firmware in its debug stateadd select "rebuild partition table"

Basically follow FAQ 2 of 5

[superscientific]

Just wanted to add some instructions for those using the LS-WX series. I have an LS-WX2.0TL/R1 and as of firmware 1.64, here are the instrucitons to save you clicking around:

Tip: If you open the in Chrome, you can right click the page and select "Translate to English".

1. At the login page, the top field is the user name (admin) and the bottom field is the password (default: password).

2. After logging in, click the fourth (second to last) menu option in the black bar at the top of page (System).

3. You should be in the page for the first sub menu option (in English: Settings, Translated: Basic).

4. There are three red title bars on this page, expand the last one (in English: Language).

5. Click the button in the section you just expanded (English: Modify Settings, Translated: Configuration Changes) to enable the drop down menus.

6. Select English for the top option (Display Language).

7. Optional: Select CP437 (assuming you are in United States/Canada) for bottom option (Windows Client Language). You can change this once you get into the English version.

8. Click the shorter button on the left (Save) under the drop downs. A status bar should appear, then a blank page. Wait about 15-20 seconds and it will reload the entire site in English.