Dead USB Drive - Best way to recovery


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Hi, I woke up to a dead drive this morning and Unraid was not working.

 

I am stupid enough to have never taken a screenshot of what drive is my paristy and which are others... I was also stupid to leave my flash drive backup on the array.

 

What is best way to start fresh with a new drive and not loose array data or at least recover the flash drive backup file to restore from it.. which is also something i don't know how to do.. any help appreciated

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Are you saying that if you plug the USB drive into another machine you cannot read it’s contents?   if you can immediately copy it’s contents as a backup.

 

if you cannot read the USB drive contents but have a backup on an array drive then there are ways to get at that.   Examples are to use a ‘trial’ Unraid licence or use a standard Linux ‘live’ build to get at the drive (Unraid uses standard Linux file systems).

 

if none of those options are possible/practical for you then we need to know more before giving advice on the best way to recover..   For example do you run dockers/VMs that also need recovering?   

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Did not check the usb drive on another pc.. will do that.. IF it is recoverable..what files do i need to copy onto a new drive unraid drive to get back to how i was before please?

 

If no i can run a live linux distro and be able to get the backup from the drives... how do i mount a drive as read only please?

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53 minutes ago, RyanBorh said:

taking a backup NOW!

You should take a new backup anytime you make any significant changes in the webUI. It is especially important that any backup you use have the correct disk assignments.

 

You can download a zipped backup of flash at any time from Main - Boot Device - Flash - Flash Backup.

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