I bought a secondhand Network Attached Storage unit recently.
I have another identical unit which has been fantastic.
This one "played dead" and when reset booted into "Engineering Mode" or "Emergency Mode".
I could find the device on the network (indirectly by the address given by the DHCP table on the router) and it would respond to a ping but that was it.
When trying the web browser interface using the now known IP address nothing happened and the browser timed out and when I installed the "navigator" software on a PC it found it but said it was in "engineering mode".
After more Googling I found a "firmware update" program from Buffalo ( LSUpdater.exe ).
The instructions I found at " http://buffalo.nas-central.org/wiki/The_LinkStation_firmware_flasher " were very useful in applying it.
After changing the web interface language from Japanese to English (!) all seems to be well.
If you are thinking of buying a NAS don't let this put you off. I suspect the one I bought was the victim of a misguided (and unsuccesful)attempt to delete data on it before selling it.
My current one has been great and I've high hopes for this new one as well.
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