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Aspirant

Jan 29, 2022

How do I get a USB drive to show up in Windows? I have a Nighthawk RAX48..

I had an older Linksys router with a USB drive attached. Worked fine, just needed a faster router with better speeds and better wifi range, etc. I hooked up the new router just fine. I plugged in...

ChungKing

Aspirant

Jan 30, 2022

I think it was pretty clear I already set it up in ReadyShare. I just need to get it to show in Windows now. The manual instructions did not work for me. This website doesn't make it immediately obvious that there's other forums I could post in. I'll try there.

michaelkenward

Guru - Experienced User

Jan 30, 2022

ChungKing wrote:

I think it was pretty clear I already set it up in ReadyShare.

Not really. All you said was :

I plugged in the USB drive and went to ReadyShare to give it a name.

As a long-time user of ReadySHARE, I know there is more to it than that.

But if you think you have done everything with ReadySHARE, and don't want to go into more details, fine.

I suspect that your problem is with Windows. Perhaps you could take a cue from the messages you get and ask Microsoft for help. Netgear doesn't have much control over what happens on your desktop.

ChungKing
Aspirant
Jan 30, 2022
michaelkenward wrote:
ChungKing wrote:
I think it was pretty clear I already set it up in ReadyShare.

Not really. All you said was :

I plugged in the USB drive and went to ReadyShare to give it a name.
As a long-time user of ReadySHARE, I know there is more to it than that.

But if you think you have done everything with ReadySHARE, and don't want to go into more details, fine.

I suspect that your problem is with Windows. Perhaps you could take a cue from the messages you get and ask Microsoft for help. Netgear doesn't have much control over what happens on your desktop.

That's all you need to do in ReadyShare is give it a name and point it to the drive and done. You can set a password requirement if you want. I tried both ways. The Linksys router all I did was set it up in a similar fashion and I was able to map it. The Nighthawk not so.