Buffalo Mini Linkstation Network attached Storage (NAS) drive

[Billyjof]

1TB http://www.buffalotech.com/products...-and-small-office/linkstation-mini-ls-wsxlr1/

· Was working fine then one day couldn’t access files on the ‘share’ directory

· If you click properties on the drive it says 1Tb is free (i.e. no data)

· I had probably 20% of the memory used with music, photos and a few documents

· When I connect the drive over the network, you can see the share drive but cant access it, copy it etc.

It's my understanding that if I haven't written over the files they should still be there and be recoverable. Does anyone have any experience of this or using this device?

Any tips or pointing in the right direction would be much appreciated. Cheers.

 

[Durham Fox]

1TB http://www.buffalotech.com/products...-and-small-office/linkstation-mini-ls-wsxlr1/

· Was working fine then one day couldn’t access files on the ‘share’ directory

· If you click properties on the drive it says 1Tb is free (i.e. no data)

· I had probably 20% of the memory used with music, photos and a few documents

· When I connect the drive over the network, you can see the share drive but cant access it, copy it etc.

It's my understanding that if I haven't written over the files they should still be there and be recoverable. Does anyone have any experience of this or using this device?

Any tips or pointing in the right direction would be much appreciated. Cheers.

Sounds like a drive failure to me :icon_sad:

 

[M17TT C]

Try copying some data to it via USB (if poss) and see if you can see that on it.

Or try attaching the drive directly to a computer via USB to see if you can view what's on it that way.

 

[SJN-Fox]

Can you access it via its web interface? If so, try a firmware upgrade.

 

[Billyjof]

Cheers for comments and suggestions. I'll be looking into it but nt holding any hopes.