I've had 2+ thumb drives go corrupt in the last 12 months.

I just went through this (for the 2nd time) like 2-3 days ago.
I was transferring files via FTP as well as watching movies on plex, and all of a sudden I started having problems logging in the web GUI.

I also cannot connect via FTP. I haven't tried via SSH

Finally, in the Web GUI I have THIS message:
Your flash drive is corrupted or offline. Post your diagnostics in the forum for help.

I can't get diagnostics just yet.
I don't understand why I'm being told to 'ask this in the forum'. Since I've rebuilt my thumb drive twice in the last year.. I know I'll need to contact them for a new serial number / guid, etc.

I assume I should do that?

ALSO, I don't understand what types of Thumb Drives I should be using. I prefer the low-profile disk.
Can I REUSE my existing drive (the one that just corrupted)

I only have SOOOO MANY short-thumb drives that are 32gb or smaller.

Also, I wanted to explain further
- I think I'm still on 7.1.4 (June 2025?)

I've tried upgrading twice now. Every time I reboot, the machine hangs and the thumb drive corrupts.
am I supposed to upgrade to 7.1.5 and then 7.1.6 and then... ETC?

I'm especially interested in getting this fixed in the near future.
My license is expiring 3/31 I think. I will be able to pay for this on 4/4/2026.

and I tried this method.. but it didn't work.

The machine is technically still running plex. I don't feel like turning it off because then I won't be able to watch my show.

I have persistent issues rebooting, I just have a KVM that doesn't work all the time. Long Story. I've been using KVMs for 25 years, and I don't know what the issue is. It's just a matter of timing. Upon reboot, it appears to hang and then NOT respond to keyboard commands and it hangs after the first two boot files

/bzimage1
/bzimage2

I can't remember the name of the files.

First: Try the built-in diagnostics URL

Even if the GUI is acting weird, Unraid exposes diagnostics directly.

From another machine open:

http://UNRAID_IP/webGui/scripts/diagnostics.php

Example:

http://192.168.3.25/webGui/scripts/diagnostics.php

If the system can still access /boot, it will immediately download:

diagnostics-YYYYMMDD-HHMM.zip

technically, on the GUI, I can access Apps and Plugins.

Apps still gives me the similiar error.
Now, I can browse to plugins, and it's appearing to give me the option to install a plugin.

Are there any plugins I can run to get diagnostics working?

I assume you have a current flash backup since you have done this before.

Put your flash drive in your PC and see if it can fix it, then you can try formatting and restoring from your backup on that same flash so you don't have to do a license transfer.

no, I don't have a current flash backup. I just set this up again 2-3 days ago. I haven't rebooted since then.

7 minutes ago, Near Portland said:

I just set this up again 2-3 days ago

Did you use a flash backup at that time?

4 hours ago, Near Portland said:

I've had 2+ thumb drives go corrupt in the last 12 months.
ALSO, I don't understand what types of Thumb Drives I should be using. I prefer the low-profile disk.
Can I REUSE my existing drive (the one that just corrupted)
I only have SOOOO MANY short-thumb drives that are 32gb or smaller.

Given the exceptionally high failure rate, it would be wise to avoid the hassle and invest in a high-quality USB drive. Primer

See if you can get the syslog at least

cp /var/log/syslog /mnt/user/share_name/syslog.txt

Then post that here