Thank you for the video; it helped me recover my backed-up files from NAS that my younger sister deleted. Disk Drill is a lifesaver since I had no other copies of my documents anywhere else 🤦♂
HELP. i have a completely fine hard drive from a previous NAS raid1 and i have a new nas which i want to recover the data to. i cannot add it to the nas as it will erase. the new nas has q drive set as basic and i insert the other old raid 1 disk to recove. of course its not visible until i format it, but your recover program doesnt see the drive either. please advise. moving from synology to Ugreen
To recover data from your old Synology RAID 1 drive without formatting it in the new Ugreen NAS, connect the drive to a PC using a SATA-to-USB adapter. Boot into a Linux environment (or use a Linux USB), then install mdadm and lvm2 to detect the RAID configuration. Use mdadm --assemble --scan to attempt mounting the RAID structure. Once accessible, back up the data to another external drive. You can then safely transfer the data to the Ugreen NAS after formatting if needed.
I could not find my ID details to log into Disk Drill & so I couldn't use this feature even though I needed to. Surely access could be made easier using fingerprint ID (as is used in accessing my NAS). You conveniently skipped this part which must be a common issue. I know this is not entirely your fault but communication is never a bad thing! Oh, and I agree with another post emphasising the lack of consistency regarding terminology
I'm wondering how Disk Drill deals with NAS devices that have a bunch of different RAID types. Does it make a difference in how it recovers files or how successful it is, depending on which RAID setup is used? Also, if my NAS has a mix of file systems like ext4 and NTFS, can Disk Drill handle them all the same way?
BTRFS RAID systems are fully supported. You have a higher chance of RAID 1 recovery (with “mirroring”) than RAID 0 (with “striping”), and if your RAID is configured as a concatenated disk set (also called “Just a Bunch of Disks” (JBOD) or “spanning”) in Disk Utility, chances to recover data from it will be much higher. If NAS has a mix of file systems, Disk Drill handles them the same as a regular disk with multiple file systems.
Do I have to wait until the scan is complete to recover lost files from my NAS, or can I recover them if Disk Drill has already found the files I need?
Yes, it does, however, you have a higher chance of RAID 1 recovery (with “mirroring”) than RAID 0 (with “striping”), because the capacity of a RAID 0 volume is the sum of the capacities of the disks in the set and thus any failure of one disk causes the loss of the entire RAID 0, while in RAID 1 data is written identically to each drive in the set.
02:08 - Steps to Recover Data from a NAS Drive ✅
Thank you for the video; it helped me recover my backed-up files from NAS that my younger sister deleted. Disk Drill is a lifesaver since I had no other copies of my documents anywhere else 🤦♂
Thank you for covering such a complex topic like NAS recovery in a way that's easy for casual users to understand.
Awesome video! Very informative.
HELP. i have a completely fine hard drive from a previous NAS raid1 and i have a new nas which i want to recover the data to. i cannot add it to the nas as it will erase. the new nas has q drive set as basic and i insert the other old raid 1 disk to recove. of course its not visible until i format it, but your recover program doesnt see the drive either. please advise. moving from synology to Ugreen
To recover data from your old Synology RAID 1 drive without formatting it in the new Ugreen NAS, connect the drive to a PC using a SATA-to-USB adapter. Boot into a Linux environment (or use a Linux USB), then install mdadm and lvm2 to detect the RAID configuration. Use mdadm --assemble --scan to attempt mounting the RAID structure. Once accessible, back up the data to another external drive. You can then safely transfer the data to the Ugreen NAS after formatting if needed.
Can disk drill recover files if they were deleted by the Synology system automatically as the new files were being created?
Try running a scan on your NAS and check if this data is still available
I could not find my ID details to log into Disk Drill & so I couldn't use this feature even though I needed to. Surely access could be made easier using fingerprint ID (as is used in accessing my NAS). You conveniently skipped this part which must be a common issue. I know this is not entirely your fault but communication is never a bad thing! Oh, and I agree with another post emphasising the lack of consistency regarding terminology
Please reach out to support at help@cleverfiles.com for further assistance.
Is it possible to use truenas ?
Disk Drill can connect to NAS devices via SSH protocol and securely scan the connected drives and RAID units.
I'm using RAID 5 on Synology, and one of my drives failed due to a power shortage. Can your software recover the data without replacing the drive?
If the drive is still readable, you can try scanning it with Disk Drill.
I'm wondering how Disk Drill deals with NAS devices that have a bunch of different RAID types. Does it make a difference in how it recovers files or how successful it is, depending on which RAID setup is used? Also, if my NAS has a mix of file systems like ext4 and NTFS, can Disk Drill handle them all the same way?
BTRFS RAID systems are fully supported. You have a higher chance of RAID 1 recovery (with “mirroring”) than RAID 0 (with “striping”), and if your RAID is configured as a concatenated disk set (also called “Just a Bunch of Disks” (JBOD) or “spanning”) in Disk Utility, chances to recover data from it will be much higher. If NAS has a mix of file systems, Disk Drill handles them the same as a regular disk with multiple file systems.
Do I have to wait until the scan is complete to recover lost files from my NAS, or can I recover them if Disk Drill has already found the files I need?
If you can find and fully preview your files, you can proceed with recovery.
Does Disk Drill support RAID 0?
Yes, it does, however, you have a higher chance of RAID 1 recovery (with “mirroring”) than RAID 0 (with “striping”), because the capacity of a RAID 0 volume is the sum of the capacities of the disks in the set and thus any failure of one disk causes the loss of the entire RAID 0, while in RAID 1 data is written identically to each drive in the set.
I have got Synology and QNAP devices. Does you software support both of them?
Yes, supports both!