Format the USB drive to FAT32 ( instructions for Windows, instructions for Linux).Unzip everything to a location you can easily remember (i.e.I’ve ran all files through ClamAV, and they come up clean. As far as I can see, these tools were obtained through Iomega / Lenovo support at one point, but they are not available from Lenovo support at the moment. Download the zip file containing all tools from MyHackBlog ( AllFilesZipped I suppose this is optional, but there aren’t any other ways to check whether or not the reset has worked. Network cable and network (for configuring the device).A linux system where you can mount this hard drive.

SATA Hard drive (any size > 2 GB should do).I’ve pieced together a way to reset the system using information from MyHackBlog and some experimentation, which I’ll put down here, for my own amusement and to save anyone else some time. So after yanking out and repurposing both the original disks that came with the system I was left with a device that wouldn’t boot or recognize new disks. I found out the hard way that an Iomega / Lenovo Storcenter ix2-ng NAS doesn’t have any onboard flash memory to store the operating system.

Iomega storcenter ix2 formatting