How to reset ASUSTOR NAS with ADM 4.0

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There are two ways to reset your ASUSTOR NAS runningADM 4.0, including a soft and hard software reset. The soft reset will only change your account and network settings while the hard reset will wipe all the drives, allowing you to start fresh much likeWindows 11.

How to reset your ASUSTOR NAS

Soft reset

The soft reset only clears the network settings and resets the admin password.

Once the NAS has been reset, the following takes place:

Since this would allow essentially anyone to steal your NAS and get access to what’s contained within, you could disable the soft reset by following these easy steps:

Hard reset

The hard reset should be used only for reinstalling the ADM OS. It’ll completely clear the NAS,including stored data. Please back up your data first!

How to pick the best hard drives for your NAS

Working on your NAS enclosure and need some additional drives? We’ve rounded up some excellent NAS-class drives, including Seagate IronWolf and Western Digital Red. We’d recommend having at least two drives installed on an enclosure with more than a single drive bay, which allows for the creation of a RAID array for enhanced data redundancy.

Best hard drives for your NAS

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Rich Edmonds was formerly a Senior Editor of PC hardware at Windows Central, covering everything related to PC components and NAS. He’s been involved in technology for more than a decade and knows a thing or two about the magic inside a PC chassis. You can follow him on Twitter at@RichEdmonds.