LS-WXL-R1, Raid 1, drive 1 failed ..now WILL NOT BOOT AT ALL !!!!!

[thecraw]

   

Ok I have configured the LS-WXL unit to having 2 Segate 500mb drives in Raid 1, everything was working find for 1 day then  I started getting this message

 

Drive 1 had too many critical sectors , running in degrade mode ( fine drive 1 failed now only running on drive 2) 

 

BUT the unit now just boots up to EM mode and no matter what I do I cannot get the unit to at least boot up with the single drive.

 

I had recently upgraded my FW to 1.26  and here is the best part!

 

Ok the unit is now stuck in EM mode saying UPDATE FIRMWARE OR CONTACT TECHNICAL SUPPORT

 so I try and use the FW upgrade utility it goes through all the transferring of all the files and reboots the linkstation etc.. then it comes back with this error!

 

 

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I reboot and Again all I get is this

 

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My unit is STUCK IN PERPETUAL EM MODE

 

Please I need help in getting my NAS out of Limbo!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[thecraw]

   

Is there ANYONE from tech support that reads this forum??

 

I really need this a fix for this ASAP, I just bought this unit less then 30 days ago and Now I have pretty much lost all my data and I was running your RAID 1

 

and I thought my previous western digital NAS was bad. I wish I had gone with the linksys instead!

 

 

 

[AngelsAbys]

With the information that is present, have you tried using the force firmware procedure?  http://forums.buffalotech.com/t5/Storage/FAQ-2-of-4-Force-Firmware-update-procedure-please-read-this/td-p/11011" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://forums.buffalotech.com/t5/Storage/FAQ-2-of-4-Force-Firmware-update-procedure-please-read-this/td-p/11011  the link provides instructions on how to modify the .ini file and a step by step walkthru to performing this.