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Ejecting USB Hard Drive xr500
I have a USB 3.0 drive connected to my xr500 router. It works perfectly on my home network. I need to eject it, do a quick format on it, and reconnect it. When I connected it the first time, I had to create one folder on it. It was called USB. My question is ... after formatting in on a PC and creating the USB folder, will it simply need to be reconnected to the router and then work as it does right now, or will I have to do all the GUI setup again? Thank you in advance.
- More than likely you would need to go through setup again as it would be like connecting a different USB to the router for the first time.
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- More than likely you would need to go through setup again as it would be like connecting a different USB to the router for the first time.
I was afraid of that. I have only done it the one time ... and even that was with tech support on the phone. I am not sure I remember exactly how. I guess I will have to find something in the user guide or online. If you can refer me to a tutorial .. that would be great. Thank you for the reply, and I will close thread as solved on your next reply. Thank you again.
- You might be okay if you recreated the USB folder. Setup would depend on which USB feature you're using. I don't have any guides specifically, I'm not too familiar with the feature as it's a Netgear own feature