 Hello everybody! Watch this video to find out how to recover data from a RAID system based on a faulted NAS LaC5 Big Network 2 with a third-party firmware FREDWSL installed. LaC5 Big Network 2 is a popular network storage system with a RAID feature that provides sufficient safety and fault tolerance for your data storage needs. However, if the NAS device suffers from failure and is out of order, the RAID becomes inaccessible and over-date on its disks is actually lost. In my case, the situation is even more complicated because I haven't installed the third-party firmware FREDWSL on this NAS. In such cases, it is important to know how to retrieve files from the crashed RAID system. So in today's video, I'll show you the steps required to restore the information from the crashed disk RAID on a faulted NAS LaC5 Big Network 2. We will also explore the variant where a third-party firmware is used to provide more advanced options for this network attached storage. As we know, this NAS model will never boot if you replaced its hard disks. The matter is that its operating system is installed on a hard disk, so if it is replaced, the device can not boot. Restoring the native operating system for LaC NAS is not easy either, since the manufacturer doesn't provide any software to recover it. That is why in this video you'll see how to install third-party firmware, how to create a RAID, how to configure the network storage device and what to do if the NAS is down and you need to recover information from its hard disks. For starters, download the firmware. You can find it on the official website. While you are doing that, the NAS should be turned off. Extract the archive, open the folder and run the console app FVDWSL-Consult. To protect the device from accidental actions, there is a password – 3-3-0-5. In the window that opens, click on the Action button and select Install FVDWSL-FREDWSL firmware from the list. Click OK. And yes, to confirm it. After that, choose this file – Kirkwood171 and click OK. This will start the LaC boot waiting window. Turn it on and wait until the system finds it on the network. As a result, you should get connected to it by a telnet. Enter the login, root and the password. Give it to me. For installation, run this command – FVDWSL-Programs. In the installer window, choose the first item – Install FVDWSL firmware on hard disk – OK. Now select your device from the list – OK. In the window with the warning that all data will be lost, click Yes. Now you need to choose a disk partition style. If your disks are larger than two terabytes, choose GPT partition tables. The installer will ask you if your hard disk capacity is bigger than two terabytes. And I choose No, since my hard disk is smaller. After that, the partition table will be created. Now you should be very attentive. If your hard disk is bigger than two terabytes, go for GPT. And if it's smaller, choose MBR. As soon as you do it, the process of copying and installing the firmware onto the hard disk will begin. The activity will take some time. When it's over, restart the NAS by running this command – Reboot F. As a result, it will be assigned a new IP address via DHCP. To identify it, go to the router settings or use the assistant – FVDWSLassistant. The second way doesn't always work. When you know the IP address of your device, you can access from your browser by typing this IP into the address bar. Use the default credentials – Admin, NAS, and the password – Admin. Now your device can be configured. If you haven't installed an earlier version of the firmware, it's recommended to update it, because it may lack support for some features, including creating a RAID system. To update it, access the section of Firmware Update and click on Update Firmware via FVDWSL Server – Latest Version. If you encounter an error 200, download the update file from the website and install it manually. Go to the website and download the corresponding patches and update files. You can also find detailed guides for all versions of updates. The downloaded files should be uploaded to your NAS, so let's configure FTP access first. For starters, let's add a user. After that, add a short folder with the name FVDW. Enable the FTP server. Now use the FTP client to connect to the storage and put the update files into the folder we have just created – FVDW. After that, go to the web interface and open the section Firmware Update. I have firmware version 18.1 and I need to download the patch to update to version 18.2. To do it, open the tab Upload Patch, click on the three dots and choose the patch file. Then look down, find the line Ctrl-Code, type Unzip and click Accept. When the installation is successful, the operating system shows you this window. After that, open the firmware tab again. Click on the button Update Firmware via FVDW-SL Server Latest Version. When the step 1 is complete, click Start Step 2. And wait until the installation is over. Now you have to reboot the device, so click on the button which says Start Step 3. This way, you can update your device to the latest version available. After the NAS boots, you can see that the version has changed and now you can start a building disk array. To create a RAID, open the section Disk Setup. As you can see, I have only one active disk at the moment and if you click on the button Make a RAID Volume, other disks can't be added. They should be initialized first. Look down to find and click on Initialize hard disks, select them, choose a file system and click Accept. Then OK and start the setup task. When it's over, restart the NAS. As you can see, now the disks are active. Click Make a RAID Volume, give the volume name, select the volume type, choose the disk that you will include and the file system to be used. After that, click Accept, then OK and start the setup task. When this process is complete, restart the NAS. Now the disk array is ready for work. Finally, let's explore how to recover data from a RAID system when the NAS is broken. When the storage device is out of photo, the RAID becomes inaccessible as well as all of its data. If you lose access to the network drive when the network attached storage fails or other hardware breaks down, you will need a specialized tool able to rebuild the crashed RAID and retrieve important data. Hetman RAID Recovery supports all popular file systems and RAID types, including the technology required to build an array with a third-party firmware FBDWSL. This utility will help you recover files after accidental deletion, formatting, hardware and software failures, and even after a NAS breaks down. To start the recovery process, take the drives out of the storage device and connect them directly to the motherboard of a Windows computer. If your motherboard has less setup ports or power connectors than necessary, use additional adapters and expansion cards. Also, depending on the RAID level, you can exclude one or two hard disks from the array. For example, RAID 5 retains a probability if one of its hard disks is missing. When the hard disks are connected and the program starts, it will automatically scan the disks and rebuild the damaged RAID. Below, you will see the array properties. To get more detailed information, right-click on the array and open its properties. In the RAID tab, you can view more data including the hard disks included into this RAID. To search for lost files, right-click on the identified volume and choose Open. After that, choose the scan type – File Scan or Full Analysis. If the NAS is down, but the program manages to rebuild the RAID correctly, a false scan is enough. If the program can't find the required files, then go for Full Analysis. To do that, go back to the program's main window, right-click on the volume and choose Analyze again – Full Analysis, specify the file system for this disk and click Next. After that, open the folder where the lost files used to be. This program retains the entire structure and file name, so it will be easy to find the required items and you can use the preview window to see their contents. The preview option is available for photos, documents and videos. The files that have been deleted earlier are marked with a red cross. Select all the items you want to recover and click the Recover button. Specify where to save the data, choose a disk and folder, click Recover and finish. You will find the recovered files in the folder you have chosen. Also, this utility lets you create a disk image by clicking on Tools, Save Disk and then perform all recovered operations with that image. As a result, the utility managed to rebuild the crashed raid with available hard disks and helped us to restore all the files remaining on the hard disks as well as the items which have been removed before. In some situations, the program may fail to rebuild the raid automatically. It can happen when the service information on the disk is erased, so the program cannot identify parameters of the crashed raid. In such cases, the raid constructor with a manual build feature will help. This tool will save the day when the disk beginning is erased, together with the information about the array parameters. If you know the array parameters, start the constructor. Choose manual mode, next. Specify the array type, block order and size. Add the disks it used to include and replace the missing disks with empty drives by clicking the plus button. You may have to specify the offset which tells you where the beginning of the disk is located. And one more thing to choose is the disk order. When you give all the parameters you know, you will see your raid, and if all information is correct, you will see its folders here. Fill in all properties and click Add. After that, the raid system will appear in the driver manager. Now start the scan, search for the files and recover the ones you need. Summing up, we can say that restoring a probability of a less seen device can be a challenging task, but it is not so difficult to restore access to files as long as you follow this video guide. And don't forget about backing up your stuff. This will save you from such situations. And that is all for now. I hope this video was useful. Remember to click the Like button and subscribe to our channel. Leave your comments under the video. Thank you for watching and good luck.