D-Link Forums

The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => D-Link Storage => DNS-323 => Topic started by: skinnylizard on October 14, 2009, 03:50:45 AM

Title: All data gone off my DNS 323 ! Like brand new
Post by: skinnylizard on October 14, 2009, 03:50:45 AM

Hi,

New to the forums, i run a DNS 323 with 2x250GB Seagate Sata HDD's and have a laser printer attached, set up is Raid 1. Around 11 PC's back up their individual data on to the 323 several times a day through the LAN. Backup software i use is Second Copy. 

Have been using the unit since April 09 with very little trouble.

This past week i was going out of of town and for some weird reason i went out on a Sunday to buy a 1TB USB drive and backed up all my data on it and left it at home.

I return to the office this morning and all my data is gone... i can find Volume 1 on the network, i enter it but there is absolutely nothing there.

I log into the interface but it asks me to pick an option for formatting just like when i popped in the drives for the first time.  I am pretty confused as to how this would happen?

any ideas? if i didn't have the USB back up i am pretty sure i would have collapsed then and there. in fact believe it or not, i am home sick right now coz my stomach went for a doozy.

cheers,
Skinny.

Title: Re: All data gone off my DNS 323 ! Like brand new
Post by: flickster99 on October 14, 2009, 04:13:29 AM

All I can say is pull the drive out and put it into a linux pc, or a windows PC with the ext2IFS drivers from here http://www.fs-driver.org/, and see if the data is there...

Then at least you can make a couple of backups and reformat the 323.


Did you upgrade to v1.08?

Title: Re: All data gone off my DNS 323 ! Like brand new
Post by: DraftingPlus on October 14, 2009, 04:23:30 AM

Had this happen to my unit a couple of months ago, had not done any updates at that point. Try removing the drives and reinserting them. Don't know why, but mine came back 100%. No problems since.

Title: Re: All data gone off my DNS 323 ! Like brand new
Post by: skinnylizard on October 14, 2009, 06:23:36 AM

hi,

i backed up most of the data on a 3rd USB drive, so i have all the data. no worries there. i reformatted and reset up the drives.

just wanted to know what would prompt something like this.. i dont think i am using 1.8 thought.. ill double check tomorrow.

Title: Re: All data gone off my DNS 323 ! Like brand new
Post by: gunrunnerjohn on October 14, 2009, 07:38:13 AM

Doesn't give you a warm fuzzy feeling, that's for sure!  :o :o :o

Title: Re: All data gone off my DNS 323 ! Like brand new
Post by: skinnylizard on October 14, 2009, 11:22:28 PM

im running 1.06...

should i go for 1.08...

Title: Re: All data gone off my DNS 323 ! Like brand new
Post by: gunrunnerjohn on October 15, 2009, 06:01:26 AM

Well, I have had no issues like that with any of the firmware versions, so I don't know what to tell you. :)