Hi,
I am trying to help someone out of Emergency mode, but they do not have any CD or instruction manual for their buffalo linkstation. The model is
LS-CH1.OTL-EU, and the version is 2.31, according to the NASNavigator 2. Their machine is Windows XP.
Everywhere I have read says to reflash the firmware. The buffalo site has updates for firmware:
http://www.buffalotech.com/support/downloads/
Choose a buffalo model number>Network Storage>LS-CH1.OTL - Linkstation Live
But there are different firmware updates depending on whether your firmware version is greater than v.1.07 or not. I assumed that if mine is version 2.31, this relates to the firmware and is therefore greater than 1.07. But there is a README file attached to this download that says:
"This software is to update unit firmware to ver.1.37. If your unit firmware is ver.1.37 or later, you do not have to use this utility"
I am now unsure whether or not to download this firmware, as the person I am helping is worried about losing data, and I have read various forums and guides that say not to use the wrong firmware.
Any advice would be appreciated,
Thanks
Sarah