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ReadyNAS OS 6.1
The Perform Factory Default pop-up screen displays.
3. Type FACTORY (all capital letters) in the field.
4. Click the OK button.
The process of resetting your system to its factory default settings begins. If you enabled
email alerts, the ReadyNAS sends a message when the factory defaults are restored.
Recover the Administrator Password
You can recover a lost or forgotten administrator password in two ways:
• Use NETGEAR’
s password recovery tool. This web-based tool requires that you
enable administrator password recovery on your storage system before you can use it.
For more information, see Set the Administrator Password on page 168.
• Perform an OS reinstall reboot.
This process reinstalls the firmware on the storage
system and resets the administrator user name and password to factory defaults.
Recover the Administrator Password Using NETGEAR’s Password
Recovery Tool
This procedure is an option only if you enabled password recovery. For more information
about setting up password recovery, see Set the Administrator Password on page 168. If you
lost the password but did not enable administrator password recovery, see Recover the
Administrator Password Using an OS Reinstall Reboot on page 228.
To recover your administrator password using NETGEAR’s password recovery tool:
1. Launch a web browser and visit https://<ReadyNAS_IP_address>/password_recovery
.
<ReadyNAS_IP_address> is the IP address of the storage system.