Netgear Stora Recovery - Firmware Reinstall

Unbrick My Stora

Steps for installing Netgear Stora Firmware are:

Note: Your NAS needs to be attached to router with an internet connections

• To put the device into recovery mode, power on the device, wait 15 seconds (exactly), then hold the reset button while bootup continues. The bootup process will take approximately 30 seconds and the blue LED will be blinking during that period.
• As soon as the recovery mechanism kicks in, the blue light turns off and HDDLED1 will turn orange. The reset button can be released at this point. Your NAS drive will go through the following actions:
1. Then the device will request a DHCP lease and try to get an IP,
2. If an IP is obtained, HDDLED2 will also turn orange for 1 second. 
3. If no IP is assigned the following pattern will be shown on the leds and the recovery mechanism will stop: Power LED Off -> HDDLED1 and HDDLED2 will blink 3 times together -> All LEDs off
4. Once network is up, the download and burn process will begin. During the download procedure the LED behaviour is: Power LED Off -> HDDLED1 and HDDLED2 will turn on and off in turns. Below is a video of the flash pattern

• The download and burn will take around 4-5 mins with a fast connection speed.
• Once the download and burn is done: 
1. If the burn is successful, all LEDs will turn on for 5 seconds and then the device will reboot normally
2. If the burn fails the LED behaviour will stay as follows and the recovery mechanism will stop : Power LED On -> HDDLED1 and HDDLED2 will blink together