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IDriveFast
Aspirant
Jan 03, 2021

Use Symbolic Link For Readyshare

I am trying to use a USB drive attached to my Nighthawk RAX45. I can assign the symbolic link to the readyshare and it works as long as I have the folder open using start, run, \\readyshare\nas.   ...
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No1Mportnt
Luminary
Jan 03, 2021

Have you mapped the drive on your computer and set it to start when the computer starts?

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    IDriveFast
    Aspirant
    Jan 04, 2021

    I have not tried using mapping. I want to use a symbolic link so it can be backed up via CrashPlan (I have other NAS devices that this works on and mapped drives cannot be backed up by Crashplan).