💾 Restaurer le firmware d’un NAS Iomega ix4-200d

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1. 

   Rodolfo

   07/02/2023

   Do you have recovery usb for cloud edition? my system was cloud and it has been without web access for 3 years. Now that I had a new system, I thought it was time to recover it. I recovered to non cloud with your usb, and drives do not work ok (probably not fully supported in non cloud).
   I cannot find recovery usb for cloud edition.
   Thanks a lot!!

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2. 

   Cloudkid

   08/02/2023

   Hello !

   Thanks for your comment,
   From my experience, the drives should work with no problem with the cloud edition, I recovered several NAS with this guide (Cloud & non-cloud) and they all worked without problems. Try updating the firmware to a newer version if possible or check your drives !

   Keep me updated,
   Cloudkid

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3. 

   Rodolfo

   08/02/2023

   Thanks a lot for answering. They are hitachi 3T. They should be at a correct firmware as they were working with latest cloud edition version. But now, system boots, starts reconfiguration of hard drives, but it finishes and disks are labeled as unusable. They can be used, but if I reboot, it will start check again (about 24 hours), and same thing happens. I cannot change to RAID 0 or anything.
   Screen capture can be seen in the post I entered in Lenovo forums:
   https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-Iomega-Networking-Storage-End-of-Life-Peer-to-Peer-Only/iomega-ix4-200d-cloud-edition-problem/m-p/5202933

   I am waiting for someone that might have a boot drive. Following this thread:
   https://blog.millard.org/2011/09/iomega-ix2-200-nas-non-cloud-to-cloud.html?sc=1675807468102#c296985762123164128
   I have created a ix4-boot.tgz from firmware 3.2.16.30221, but I am afraid to use it, as all feedback is negative (of course they are trying to convert from non CE to CE, but of course, it might be the boot usb that is bricking the boxes)
   Thanks again.

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4. 

   Rodolfo

   11/02/2023

   I was able to install the latest cloud edition version with the usb I created, but it has the same problem that I originally had. Web access does not work, or it does not work correctly. The web server is actually listening, but I either get error of webpage not existing, or server error…
   I will try with an older firmware version, but I do not understand why this happens with latest version…
   Thanks for your help!

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5. 

   Rodolfo

   11/02/2023

   I found ix4-200d-3.2.14.30167.tgz and with it, it now works!

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      Cloudkid

      12/02/2023

      Thanks for keeping me updated ! So what did you do specifically ? Can you provide me the firmware so I can extend the blog post ? I found that a lot of people are in the same situation. Glad you finally succeed !

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      Braulio

      20/02/2023

      Would you share your solution? I’m stuck, because

      1 – I don’t find intermediate firmware versions that allow me to update to version ix4-200d-3.2.16.30221.

      2 – I couldn’t unzip the file with the recipe « openssl enc -d -aes-128-cbc -in ‘firmware.tgz’ -k ‘EMCNTGSOHO’ -out out.tgz »

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6. 

   Rodolfo

   13/02/2023

   Once downloaded the old firmware for cloud edition, with the link I mentioned there is a procedure to make a boot tgz file from it.
   You can then introduce that file ix4-boot.tgz instead of the files.tgz file that is inside the recovery usb (in emctools/ix4-200d_images)
   The problem with all the firmware tgz files is that they are encrypted with password EMCNTGSOHO, but in a linux box or with a running ix4 you can extract the files and create the bootable firmware. If you have a place on your webpage, or email, I can send you the successful ix4-boot.tgz file for ix4-200d-3.2.14.30167.tgz. This one works perfectly for me, and anyone could then upgrade to latest firmware if they wish. In my case, latest will make me lose web access (I honestly ignore why), but that is not probably the case for most people.

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      Cloudkid

      16/02/2023

      Sure, I’ll be happy to host it, let me know if you can send it !

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7. 

   Braulio

   21/02/2023

   I finally got it! I followed Rodolfo’s instructions, and managed to get my ix4-200d working again with the updates.

   Some lessons:

   – The drives must be zeroed before the procedure. Putting it on a linux and running a « wipefs » or even a « dd » to ensure they don’t contain partition information is important to success;

   – Drives are now no longer partitioned in DOS mode, but GPT. This means that larger drives (4tb in my case) are accepted;

   – Sometimes the reset procedure has to be repeated. I don’t understand why, but sometimes when loading the OS, it stops at 50%. Just run the reset again, which works (at least for me).

   After resetting, it can be updated to the latest version ix4-200d-3.2.16.30221 without any problems.

   Here’s the download link for your recover drive, with the files.tgz file replaced by the ix4-boot.tgz created by the tips given by Rodolfo (thanks!) in his post. https://1drv.ms/u/s!AldpEDPKMJN9kuQwcjpJIviVphg2hA?e=UXFd0S

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8. 

   Rodolfo

   25/02/2023

   Thanks for uploading, I was looking where to upload file as I have issues with a full google drive…
   I am happy that it was helpful!

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9. 

   Cloudkid

   25/02/2023

   Thanks for the update guys, I updated the guide, do you have a website or another network where I can tag you for the good work ?

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      Braulio

      04/03/2023

      I’m just happy to contribute. Your website has been a reference to all of Iomega’s orphans. I hope there will be feedback, positive or otherwise, to let us know if we could help others.

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10. 

    Marsl

    12/03/2023

    Hello everyone,
    I still have issues getting my Iomega to work (even after I read the comments and followed the steps there).. I have followed these steps:
    – Formatted the USB stick to FAT32
    – Extracted the « ix4-200d-recovery » file on the stick
    – Put in 2 completely zeroed drives in slot 1 and 2
    – Plugged the USB stick in the USB slot (top)
    – Pressed down the reset button and powered the NAS on
    – Hold it for 60-70 seconds

    I have attempted the procedure 20 times so far and only once did a progress bar appear which completed at 100%. However the NAS then kept restarting and I was unable to stop it from being stuck in a restart loop for 20 minutes. Eventually I had to turn off the system to stop the loop. When I turned the system back on, the « USB and network » symbol still appeared, so I redid the entire procedure. Despite many many attempts I was unable to get the progress bar to appear again. I am exhausted and unsure of what to do next. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know…

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    1. 

       Cloudkid

       13/03/2023

       Hello !

       Some questions concerning the drives, did you properly formatted them like braulio did (Complete wipe and partition deletion) ?

       Also did you initialised them in GPT ?

       Regards, Cloudkid

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11. 

    Angel

    08/06/2023

    Hello,
    I’ve found this page hard googling!
    I’ve a question, can i use « ix4-200d-recovery » to upgrade my Ix4-200D from not cloud to Cloud Version
    in case I can perform also a disks upgrade, with more large disks.

    thanks in advance
    Angel

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    1. 

       Cloudkid

       09/06/2023

       Hi !

       Yes i’m currently rebuilding my website, Google indexing may be out of touch.
       You should be able to, that’s what I did so you should not have any problems !
       The bigger disks does not cause any problem just remember to initialise them in GPT.

       Regards, Cloudkid

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          Steve Harmer

          01/09/2023

          HI there
          I have a ix4-200d cloud box which had a crash!
          I have tried this procedure with the original USB stick process as listed on this page.

          I have sucess in restoring the unit to the non-cloud 2.1 firmware and it boots. i am unable to upgrade the firmware to the 3.xx as it wont let me.

          I have tried restoring the box with the 3.xx software in place of the files.tgz file but it does not work!
          Are there any other changes that need to be made to the USB stick apart from chnging the firmware files?

          Seems strange that it works on the 2.xx but will not work on the 3.xx versions?

          Any help would be great. Thanks to all the users here

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12. 

    Ibrahim YILDIZ

    21/11/2023

    The web access issue is completely about language, I tried several times which this page described. Thank you all, I appreciated that. On the third time I selected English language on the edge internet browser. I have reached web access directly. Still on the other internet browsers I am still having same error right now because I am using Turkish on them.

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13. 

    Jorge V Coelho

    18/01/2024

    I want to thank you for this. Super useful and helps keep good equipment out of landfills… Awesome!!!

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    1. 

       Cloudkid

       29/03/2024

       No problem, glad you managed to do the recovery !

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14. 

    enrique

    11/02/2025

    Could someone upload the file again, I couldn’t find it and I have the same problem with my NAS.

    Thank you so much

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    1. 

       Cloudkid

       15/02/2025

       Hey !
       You can click on the links I put in the post, the mirror are still available !
       Regards,
       Cloudkid

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15. 

    KodexMedia

    01/07/2025

    I believe to have discovered the issue and reason trying to update an ix4-200d may fail/brick/not-function. The newer models have 64mb nand flash memory where the UBOOT is stored. Older models only have 32mb nand flash so if you attempt to update to firmware 3.0+ and it required more than the 32mb it may completely destroy your chances of recovering.
    Not sure why this info wasn’t more obvious but you can check your devices nand flash size by connecting to UBOOT via serial connections (I used a USB to TTL cable) but perhaps there’s another way to check? It also appears to be the case that the non-cloud version has a red Web UI and the Cloud-Edition models may have a Black Web UI so you could tell the difference. Perhaps other could confirm to help eliminate confusion.

    My model, for example, has a sticker over the chip saying v1.0.3 but doing a simple google search for cloud models some show v1.0.11 so perhaps there are other changes that make updating a ix4-200d 32mb nand flash model unable to handle the 3.0+ firmware? I would love to and be happy to ticker with my unit but not if there’s a fair chance of it being bricked, if there’s a way to do a nand flash backup to recover from I may try but can’t find much good info on how to use the UBOOT, I’m only familiar with basics of Mint/Ubuntu/Raspian commands.

    I am currently working on my ix4-200d (32mb nand, non cloud) and first a huge thank you, this post saved my butt a couple times. Has anyone had problems not being able to update from v2.1.48 to the newest 2.1.50 still posted on lenovo? I have tried the copy posted here and the one directly downloaded from https://download.lenovo.com/lenovoemc/na/en/app/answers/detail/a_id/22315.html but when I go to WebUI > Update > Select Firmware 2.1.50 it reboots directly into the Security page, if I click « ok » button to skip, nothing happens. Same with trying to click tabs or hand type /home.html etc all clicking/actions return to the same Security page. Now if I do add the admin and password then continue guess what happens….. right back to the security page with an unchecked checkbox as if it did not save. So I keep using this recovery USB then upgrading to the 2.1.48 firmware. Am I missing something? I have to assume all models of ix4-200d should support v2.1.50 as that’s basically the only firmware lenovo has still posted.

    I should mention that I unfortunately bought x4 4tb HGST Mar-2018 s/n: K3GZAS5B p/n: 0F23115 that do apparently « work » as in the NAS seems to work with them in and it will see the drives but they cannot be used. I assume its because of the older firmware not capable of reading the larger 4tb+ HDD. But using two old WD 500gb and 250gb the unit works without errors. But even attempting to add just 2 of the 4TB drives on top of the x2 WD HDD it stops most things working and nothing I have tried stops the errors, and now even removing drive 3 & 4 gives constant error of « missing drive ».

    My hope was the newer 2.1.50 firmware may have fixed this. It seems that other Debian and Custom installations « work » but only with 2 drive bays functioning which had I known that originally I would have baught 2 larger HDD and tried that but now I am wondering if it is better to keep spending more time on this thing or attempt to swap the motherboard for something like a raspberry pi with usb to SATA powered adapters (it should all fit and function loads better with up to date software and none of the odd quirts this specific unit seems to have running the OS off the HDD.

    Or is there a TinyCoreLinux that could be put on the nand? Been tinkering with piCorePlayer on my Pi3b and TinyCoreLinux seems to be a perfect fit, but that stuff is well past my experience level without some kind of guidance. I find myself wishing I hadn’t spent so much money on this thing before doing more research lol. I busted my budget on this seemingly great eBay deal, it even came in the original box. I had a laugh last night pulling out the included manual that says Cloud Edition but mine is clearly not.

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    1. 

       Angelo

       11/12/2025

       good morning KodexMedia
       do you have try format disks in GPT file system

       Try zeroing disks with linux box (with dd command, this get very long time) then create new GPT file system, without partition.
       Put disk in nas and fire up.

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