LinkStation Duo - LS-WX4.0TL/R1 not detected on Windows 7

[whozdatrobyn]

my LinkStation Duo - LS-WX4.0TL/R1 has been working for the last 7 years, suddenly last week. the drives are not being detected on my computer. first the red error light was blinking. i tried shutting off the NAS and restarting it. Now just the blue power light is on, and still not detected on my computer. not sure what to do. i downloaded the the latest software and the NAS is still not detected.

[1000001101000]

You mentioned downloading software, have you tried using NasNavigator? If the device has gone into Emergency Mode it should be visible in NasNavigator.

[whozdatrobyn]

yes, i've downloaded the NAS Navigator 2, the NAS is not detected

[whozdatrobyn]

The NAS blinks 7 red, what can I do?

[1000001101000]

7 red blinks usually means that the device is failing to detect the drive/ boot partition. You could try booting with each drive individually to see if one of them still has a valid boot partition.


If you don't need any of the data off the drives you could start over with new ones by following this post:
http://forums.buffalotech.com/index.php?topic=30419.0

[whozdatrobyn]

Thanks for the reply, I actually need the data that is saved on the NAS. How do I boot the drive individually?

[1000001101000]

by booting with just one drive inserted.

[whozdatrobyn]

i tried to boot each drive separately, didn't work, i even swapped slots, still blinking red, not sure what else to do

[1000001101000]

If you need the data you might consider data recovery services.

If the drives are still working you can try accessing them from a system running linux.

[whozdatrobyn]

okay, thanks