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Started by spur0701, May 23, 2009, 11:00:14 AM

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spur0701

May 23, 2009, 11:00:14 AM
   
I've got a Buffalo LinkStation from a friend to do some data recovery on.  It's a model HD-H250LAN with USB in the front and rear and a network connection in the rear.  Both USB ports seem to be dead.  When I hang it off the LAN I can see it with NASNavigator2 (ver 2.15) and it shows me the firmware (2.05), the hostname, IP, and MAC but won't let me map any shares (Failed Remote Share Missing) or connect with the web admin.  I'm not intrested in fixing this, just getting the data off of it.
Is this an indication the interface is bad or the drive is bad?
Is there some other diagnostic mode I can put it in?
Can I crack the case and remove the drive and access it directly?
Is the filesystem going to be NTFS or some other Linux based file system? (user doesn't know)
Can I just make a DD image of the drive and do data recovery from that?
Any help is appreciated.
Message Edited by spur0701 on 05-23-2009 11:01 AM

Jotin

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May 23, 2009, 12:41:46 PM
You would need to flash the firmware following the force firmware procedure. The format of the is Linux, specifically XFS.
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