DriveStation Quattro Rackmount Support

[swinginman]

I am looking at purchasing a DriveStation Quattro Rackmount HD-RQS2TSU2R5 second hand, and I wanted to ask if anyone has been able to configure this device using the latest release of NAS Navigator. I found documentation here: https://www.buffalotech.com/products/drivestation-quattro-rackmount and the manual references DriveNavigator version 1.0. If I had the installation media I would probably try the old version on a WXP machine, but it isn't included with the device. Is there anywhere I can download old versions of this software?
If anyone knows anything about this device, some clarity would be greatly appreciated!

[swinginman]

I got the serial number and found the old software version here: https://www.buffalotech.com/support/serial-lookup/

That should be enough to get it working.

[davo]

It's not a NAS so doesn't use the NAS Navigator. Plus, it's well over 10 years old so i wouldn't be paying too much for it!

[swinginman]

I guess I assumed NAS Navigator would be the right software because all the TeraStations use it, but I suppose that makes sense as this DriveStation doesn't have network access. It also looks like all the software for the desktop DriveStations are device specific. So I will have to use the original utilities.

It seems Buffalo has moved away from producing rack mounted DriveStations in favor of marketing them as desktop enclosures. Thankfully my use-case has no need for network access or USB 3.0, so this device is perfect for me.

I bought it for very cheap with the understanding that it might not work. However I love old hardware like this, and I'm pretty experienced with getting these kinds of systems up and running.

Hopefully I won't need any more help, but perhaps I'll post an update if I get it working; just for the sake of documentation. There is virtually none for this device outside of manual.