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4. Type FACTORY (all capital letters) in the field.
5. 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 use NETGEAR s password recovery tool to recover a lost or forgotten administrator password in
two ways:
• Receive a new password through email.You must enable and configure this method ahead of time.
For more information, see Set the Administrator Password on page 161.
• Use the physical reset button. By default, this method is enabled, but it requires physical access to
the ReadyNAS system. For more information, see Set the Administrator Password on page 161.
You can also perform an OS reinstall. This process reinstalls the firmware on the storage
system and resets the administrator user name and password to factory defaults.
Note
Receive a New Password Through Email
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 161. If you lost the password but did not
enable administrator password recovery, see Recover the Administrator Password Using the Physical Reset
Button on page 229.
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