NETGEAR RND4475 - ReadyNAS NV+ NAS Server Software Manual page 59

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To recover your administrator password using NETGEAR's password recovery tool:
1. Using a web browser, visit https://<ReadyNAS_IP_address>/password_recovery.
<ReadyNAS_IP_address> is the IP address of your ReadyNAS system.
The ReadyNAS password recovery screen displays.
2. Enter the email address and password recovery answer you enabled on your ReadyNAS
storage system and click the Reset password and email button.
NETGEAR resets your administrator password and sends an email message with the
new password to you.
Recover Your Administrator Password Using an OS Reinstall Reboot
This process does not remove data from the system, but resets the administrator password
to the factory default password, which is password.
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To recover your administrator password using an OS reinstall reboot:
Perform an OS reinstall reboot on your storage system.
The process for performing an OS reinstall reset reboot varies by storage system. For
more information about how to perform a factory reset reboot, see the ReadyNAS Duo v2
and NV+ v2 Hardware Manual.
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