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XR500 cannot copy (write) to connected external hard drive.
I have two hard drives connected to the router. They have both worked perfectly in the past. One is a Western Digital and the other is a Seagate. They are mapped in W10 Pro to M: And N: respective...
- Do you have support with Netgear? If so it would be worth making a ticket with Netgear directly and see what they can suggest
I have my XR450 online and will check into this as well.
How are the drives formatter? NTFS? FAT32?
What are the sizes of these drives your using?
WacoJohn wrote:
I have two hard drives connected to the router. They have both worked perfectly in the past. One is a Western Digital and the other is a Seagate. They are mapped in W10 Pro to M: And N: respectively. I can copy a file to N: but not to M:. I believe it is a permissions problem but cannot solve it.
Here is the ERROR, permissions for N: and permissions for M: (for comparison):
FURRYe38 wrote:I have my XR450 online and will check into this as well.
How are the drives formatter? NTFS? FAT32?
What are the sizes of these drives your using?
NTFS
8 TB
10TB
I've been dinkin around with it.... i deleted the problem drive from Duma and reconnected. No fix though. Thank you for the reply.
OK, so other that drive size differences, I was able to write to 1st 250Gb USB drive.
Then installed a 2nd 32Gb thumb drive and also write to it.
I use the Share Name path in Map Drive to get Explorer to access the drives:
This is the 250Gb drive installed by itself: Port 1
I placed data on it already prior to installing on the router to see if data would populate.
This is the 32Gb Thumb drive installed WITH the 250Gb USB mechanical drive: Port 2
I formatted the thumb drive for NTFS and left it empty. After installation and map drive. I dragged some files over to the explorer window from the desktop and the files copied over successfully.
Wondering if your situation could be a drive size issue.
Can you try two smaller USB drives as a comparison test to see if the problem continues?
Wondering if your situation could be a drive size issue.Can you try two smaller USB drives as a comparison test to see if the problem continues?
Worked fine for several days.
Yes, ... I can but will have to try it tomorrow. THANK you for all your time and assistance.
I will get back to you soon.
