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Anon2015
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Nov 09, 2015
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Connect 2 USB Drives to WNDR 4500

Hello,   I have a WNDR 4500 / N600 router. I already have one USB drive attached (USB_Storage (\\READYSHARE) (T:) which works fine. I want to attach a second USB drive to the other socket. I can a...
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  • ElaineM's avatar
    ElaineM
    Nov 20, 2015

    Anon2015 Have you tried removing the letter drive and add by mapping it again?

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Anon2015
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Nov 20, 2015

 

It had now been a few days but I continue to have a problem.

 

Both USB drives keep their drive letters.

 

i.Tunes \\READYSHARE (I:) works fine, but the other drive:

 

\\READYSHARE (T:) keeps changing name, it swaps between "USB_Storage" and "T_Drive".

I set the name to "USB_Storage" using Netgear  Genie, but it keeps changing back to "T_drive". This means the shortcuts etc don't dfind the drive...

 

Any ideas how to keep one name?

 

Thanks

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ElaineM
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Nov 20, 2015

Anon2015 Have you tried removing the letter drive and add by mapping it again?

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    Anon2015
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    Dec 05, 2015

    Hi Elaine,

    After a few tries and remapping, and removiong and remappiong again it seems to be stable now. Thanks for your help.

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      ElaineM
      NETGEAR Employee Retired
      Dec 07, 2015

      You're welcome!

      Glad that it's now working.

      Thank you for the update!