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The 1100 & 2200 have the OS on the HD. All the other models (1000, 2000, 4000, 4100) have the OS in Flashram. On the flashram models all you need to do is install install a clean HD and the snap will auto format and install the OS. With the 1100 & 2200 the OS is on the HD so if a drive fails your down with no way to revive the unit without a image file. This is the hackers way of course since we do not have the factroy software.

So if you can find a working 1100 or 2200 the os is close enough for it to boot the snap.

On your 1100, you apparenty have a corruped OS that does not allow you to repair. Nornally if it boots you can reload the OS. But only the same version or newer. The reason you need to try a image file for recovery.

The 1000 are a odd bread. I have seen some that take a 1000 image while some require the 2200. The 1000 have a slower cpu and less ram if one of the earlier ones. The ones with less ram do not play well with v4 OS.