This seems obvious, but apparently wasn’t obvious for me when I setup my backup folder on the same SSD as ROCK. My NUC has died but is there still a way to access the latest backup on the ROCK ssd?
It depends.
Was the backup on an internal SSD that is still functional? Assuming it is, you’ll need the following to determine if recovery is possible.
- A means to mount the SSD in a Linux system, e.g., a 2.5” USB HDD enclosure
- A PC or laptop that can boot the Ubuntu live-CD
- Another USB drive, ideally formatted exFAT, that can be used to copy the backup (if located)
The backup is on the M2 SSD that Rock is installed on. I’m assuming it’s still working and I purchased an external enclosure, but I am unsure of what OS I need to use to access it. Seems like you answered this question, I need to try from a Ubuntu live CD
Or would Windows work as well? I believe that Rock uses ex-fat, is that correct?
It also in not clear what you mean by (Edit: I see you answered this in your above post):
If that is SSD that the ROCK OS is on (it is formatted as ext4, btw) then you may have issues getting to it depending on when the last update to Rock was made (updates could/do overwrite the data on the OS drive). If it is the internal Storage SSD then you "might’ have better luck as long as the back-up location was not in a “watched” area of the drive.
However, both of the above options are not best practice and have issues of their own. For future reference, it is recommended that the back-up be on a separate drive (either USB drive or a network location) and also not in a watched folder.
You might want to review these:
In that case, I don’t think you would have created a successful backup since this drive is used entirely by the OS, and there is no way for you to have selected this drive using Roon.
The only folder available to you would be internal storage, i.e., a 2.5” HDD or SSD. This would be formatted using ext4, which is why I mentioned using a Linux system or Ubuntu live-CD.
Thank you for the replies! Yeah, not sure what I was thinking when I set it up like this, but will not do it again.
The backup was definitely on the Roon Rock SSD, I created a new folder and saw that the backups were being made.
So maybe the easiest solution is to get another NUC and plug in the SSD where Rock is already installed. Would that work?
If you’ve purchased an enclosure for the SSD, then you should be able to attach it as a USB drive to a Windows PC and open it. Windows should be able to access exFAT formatted drives…
It depends on the reason the NUC has failed. What are the symptoms?
For example, my NUC (ROCK) had failed because of overheating. The NVMe SSD was fried, but the NUC and memory fine.
Don’t know why the NUC doesn’t start anymore, but it could be due to overheating from the heat wave we had last week. I tried disconnecting all RAM and SSD, tried resetting the CMOS battery, and cleaned the contact on the power button, still nothing. There is just a green light on the mother board when plugged in, but otherwise no fan, no other sign of life when I try to start it.
I sure hope the NVMe SSD isn’t fried too, I guess it’ll teach me to be less stupid next time. How could you tell the SSD was fried? When I attach it to a USB drive, my Mac doesn’t even recognize that there is a disk plugged in, usually there is at least an error that the drive isn’t readable.
Do you understand that an NVMe SSD is a small card mounted on the motherboard, and the internal SSD, used for media storage, is mounted under the motherboard?
If you can connect the NUC to a TV or monitor via HDMi, this will show the BIOS screen if it isn’t broken.
Yes, we’re talking about the same thing regarding the NvMe SSD and the internal SSD. I purchased a USB NVMe enclosure to test the NvMe SSD on another system to see if I can recover my backups.
Unfortunately the NUC doesn’t boot, so I can’t access the BIOS when connected to a monitor.
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Since the NVMe is formatted using ext4, macOS won’t recognize it. You could try using brew to install ext4fuse.
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/mounting-ext4-linux-usb-drive-on-macos-2024
Thanks, yeah I tried that, but the in the diskutil list, it doesn’t even show up. I was able to try on Windows as well, the enclosure was detected, but not the disk. Oh well, looks like I’m restarting my Roon library. Many thanks for your help!
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