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#1
Storage / Re: LS-WXL, 500GB. RAID 1 - re...
Last post by silverman166 - Today at 05:31:59 AMI've now removed the 500gb 'good' drive which hopefully has all my data on it, and replaced it with another WD Red 1tb hdd, so that I now have two 'clean' identical drives in the NAS, intending to just do another full backup from scratch.
However, when I switched on, I received what I interpreted as error E06 (6 quick-repeating red flashes on the NAS), and the 'NAS drive cannot be found' message appeared on my laptop after trying to access via NasNAvi2, so I can't even set up the NAS with these other drives.
Following the User Manual trouble shooting guide, disabling temporarily the firewall and changing ethernet port and cable made no difference.
PLEASE- any suggestions to resolve this would be most appreciated.
Thanks.
However, when I switched on, I received what I interpreted as error E06 (6 quick-repeating red flashes on the NAS), and the 'NAS drive cannot be found' message appeared on my laptop after trying to access via NasNAvi2, so I can't even set up the NAS with these other drives.
Following the User Manual trouble shooting guide, disabling temporarily the firewall and changing ethernet port and cable made no difference.
PLEASE- any suggestions to resolve this would be most appreciated.
Thanks.
#2
Storage / Re: firmware versions for LS7...
Last post by 907BDT - August 11, 2026, 11:37:35 AMThank you. I must have been looking on a different website at the time. My browser history shows that I downloaded the 2.04 firmware from buffalo.jp.
#3
Storage / LS-WXL, 500GB. RAID 1 - replac...
Last post by silverman166 - August 11, 2026, 08:25:53 AMPlease bear with me, as I am an elderly, not fully computer literate, newbie.
On investigating a fault, I found that one of the two 500gb discs in my ageing NAS, both Samsung HD502hi, was permanently lit up by a red light, so that disc was removed and replaced by a Western Digital 1Tb NAS hdd, after switching off the NAS. This hdd is one of two which I bought together which were stated as having been used in a NAS, data wiped and ready to go, and had 100% Health showing on hdsentinel with 1000 days remaining.
After switching on, the red light is still showing and the nas is also still indicating that it is in a degraded condition, both via the NAS info lights blinking 1,2 and after some delay via a message on my laptop from the NAS itself, via NAS NAV 2. I had been advised that it would be ok to utilise a larger capacity drive with the 'good' 500gb.
Is there some way for me to rescue this situation, has my approach been too simplistic, or is the NAS now defunct? Hopefully the latter will not be the case and worst case scenario would be to start backing up from scratch with both 1Tb hdds.
On investigating a fault, I found that one of the two 500gb discs in my ageing NAS, both Samsung HD502hi, was permanently lit up by a red light, so that disc was removed and replaced by a Western Digital 1Tb NAS hdd, after switching off the NAS. This hdd is one of two which I bought together which were stated as having been used in a NAS, data wiped and ready to go, and had 100% Health showing on hdsentinel with 1000 days remaining.
After switching on, the red light is still showing and the nas is also still indicating that it is in a degraded condition, both via the NAS info lights blinking 1,2 and after some delay via a message on my laptop from the NAS itself, via NAS NAV 2. I had been advised that it would be ok to utilise a larger capacity drive with the 'good' 500gb.
Is there some way for me to rescue this situation, has my approach been too simplistic, or is the NAS now defunct? Hopefully the latter will not be the case and worst case scenario would be to start backing up from scratch with both 1Tb hdds.
#4
Storage / Re: firmware versions for LS7...
Last post by partycat - August 10, 2026, 01:02:51 PMThe bridge FW (1.98) is available on the site as well. It is under the "DOWNLOAD CONTENTS" section of the page linked below. Before updating do ensure all data on the unit is backed up to another location.
https://buffaloamericas.com/products/linkstation-700-series-desktop
https://buffaloamericas.com/products/linkstation-700-series-desktop
#5
Storage / firmware versions for LS700 s...
Last post by 907BDT - August 09, 2026, 02:53:30 PMOn the Buffalo site, there is now a version 2.x of the firmware for LS700 series.
However, my device has version 1.x that is older than 1.9. Because of this, the firmware installer will not run.
Is there older firmware available somewhere so that I can bootstrap my way to 1.9 and get to the 2.x firmware?
However, my device has version 1.x that is older than 1.9. Because of this, the firmware installer will not run.
Is there older firmware available somewhere so that I can bootstrap my way to 1.9 and get to the 2.x firmware?
#6
Storage / Re: Recover data from the Lin...
Last post by Kane88 - June 25, 2026, 03:49:09 AMHi Trong. Are you still having a problem with this Linkstation Quad?
You should be able to swap the drives directly into a working LinkStation Quad - LS-Q4.0TL/R5. I have one of that model. Drop me a PM/DM and we can take a look at it.
You should be able to swap the drives directly into a working LinkStation Quad - LS-Q4.0TL/R5. I have one of that model. Drop me a PM/DM and we can take a look at it.
#7
Storage / Re: Buffalo Linkstation LS-WXL...
Last post by partycat - June 08, 2026, 03:15:29 PMWhat ever the capacity of the RAID array is when it is initially created is what it will be stuck at regardless of rebuilding with larger drives.
To get access to the full capacity of the new drives you will need to delete the current RAID array and create a new one.
To get access to the full capacity of the new drives you will need to delete the current RAID array and create a new one.
#8
Storage / Buffalo Linkstation LS-WXL/R1 ...
Last post by BigRonnyV - June 05, 2026, 05:34:15 AMHi,
I have a Buffalo Linkstation with 2 HDDs (3TB) in RAID 1.
Recently, I had to replace an HDD; after nearly 30 hours of rebuilding, my NAS is running with 2 drives again (a new 4TB and an 'old' 3TB). Now I want to replace the old 3TB drive with a new 4TB drive as well. I think the old one is going to fail soon too; it has been running for over 10 years now.
Can I shut down the NAS, take out the old drive, and put in the new drive? Followed by a rebuild? Will I get the full 4TB then, or do I have to rebuild the entire RAID to utilize the full capacity?
I have a Buffalo Linkstation with 2 HDDs (3TB) in RAID 1.
Recently, I had to replace an HDD; after nearly 30 hours of rebuilding, my NAS is running with 2 drives again (a new 4TB and an 'old' 3TB). Now I want to replace the old 3TB drive with a new 4TB drive as well. I think the old one is going to fail soon too; it has been running for over 10 years now.
Can I shut down the NAS, take out the old drive, and put in the new drive? Followed by a rebuild? Will I get the full 4TB then, or do I have to rebuild the entire RAID to utilize the full capacity?
#9
Storage / Re: Need help and Software for...
Last post by davo - May 12, 2026, 08:19:21 AMBuffalo have completely left the EU market last year so you're s h i t out of luck.
I'll see if I can get the software and send if to you when I'm back home next week.
I'll see if I can get the software and send if to you when I'm back home next week.
#10
Storage / Need help and Software for my ...
Last post by Vanni - May 11, 2026, 04:19:43 PMHello all ;)
I have an old Buffalo Drive Station DUO HD-WLSU2R1. It worked for many years without any problems. In the past i had placed/configured the NAS with 2x2TB HDDs (Raid1 - i mean the model could only Raid1....it's so long ago *g*)
Past a view month ago one HDD had a malfunction, but i only had a 1TB HDD to be replaced. On the NAS there were only 300GB with saved Logs a Backup and i thought that the Raid take the capacity of the smallest HDD. But when i plugged the 1TB into...the NAS didn't Powered on. Each HDD for itself in a single case for checking worked probably. I organized a second 2TB HDD from a friend but now - don't know what or when it happend - the good 2TB from the Raid is empty. Now i have the Problem that i don't find the org. CD and no Backup of it with the Software to configure the NAS with a new Raid and i didn't get the NAS to recognized by any Windows. I have tried Win95, Vista, Win7, Win8, Win10 each in x86+x64. I tried different Buffalo Raid Utilities Versions and DriveNavigators i found the Web but nothing worked. I tried to download the v1.01 from 2012.05.07 from the JP and US Site but both says that my 14 digits SN is not correct for the model. I think it's because i live in Germany (Europe) and this old model isn't in the international DB's anymore.
So i hope that anybody could help me to share the org software with me or hep/support me to configure my good old Buffalo to run again.
It would be very very nice
sincerely and take care all of you
Vanessa
I have an old Buffalo Drive Station DUO HD-WLSU2R1. It worked for many years without any problems. In the past i had placed/configured the NAS with 2x2TB HDDs (Raid1 - i mean the model could only Raid1....it's so long ago *g*)
Past a view month ago one HDD had a malfunction, but i only had a 1TB HDD to be replaced. On the NAS there were only 300GB with saved Logs a Backup and i thought that the Raid take the capacity of the smallest HDD. But when i plugged the 1TB into...the NAS didn't Powered on. Each HDD for itself in a single case for checking worked probably. I organized a second 2TB HDD from a friend but now - don't know what or when it happend - the good 2TB from the Raid is empty. Now i have the Problem that i don't find the org. CD and no Backup of it with the Software to configure the NAS with a new Raid and i didn't get the NAS to recognized by any Windows. I have tried Win95, Vista, Win7, Win8, Win10 each in x86+x64. I tried different Buffalo Raid Utilities Versions and DriveNavigators i found the Web but nothing worked. I tried to download the v1.01 from 2012.05.07 from the JP and US Site but both says that my 14 digits SN is not correct for the model. I think it's because i live in Germany (Europe) and this old model isn't in the international DB's anymore.
So i hope that anybody could help me to share the org software with me or hep/support me to configure my good old Buffalo to run again.
It would be very very nice
sincerely and take care all of you
Vanessa