Linkstation NAS – Emergency Mode

A number of my hard drives failed and I had to replace them all.

After speaking to a nerd I found out that the hard disks that I used were not suited to a NAS device.

I ended up going down to my local computer store and purchased some hard disks that are for NAS devices.

A number of my hard drives failed and I had to replace them all.

After speaking to a nerd I found out that the hard disks that I used were not suited to a NAS device.

I ended up going down to my local computer store and purchased some hard disks that are for NAS devices.

The first step is to download the Buffalo Linkstation Firmware Updater that you can get here.

Modify the LSUpdater.ini file as follows:

[Application]
Title = BUFFALO LinkStation Series Updater Ver.1.62
WaitReboot = 1200
WaitFormat = 600
WaitFileSend = 600
WaitDiscover = 120
 
[Target]
ProductID = 0x80000000
ProductID2 = 0x0000001D
ProductID3 = 0x0000300D
ProductID4 = 0x0000300E
ProductID5 = 0x00003011
 
Name = LinkStation
 
[Flags]
VersionCheck = 0
NoFormatting = 0
 
[SpecialFlags]
Debug = 1

Launch the updater. Select “Update“. This fully partitions the drives and then updates the firmware.

This process takes a while, so be patient.

Now you can launch the NAS Navigator and configure the device.