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ejbpesca
Mar 09, 2021Aspirant
Compatibility of Android Genie
My code on the bottom of my wifi/modem will not be accepted by the latest version of the Android Genie app I understand will no longer load to my laptop and is not available. The old Genie worked fi...
- Mar 11, 2021
List said a
- SanDisk Ultra 16GB USB3.0 is compatible. My C drive has 130 GB of data. I guess the Ready Share mirrors this C drive by backing up every update, new file, app, etc. so I would go for a SanDisk at least 256GB yet such a small 16GB is said compatible. Maybe that is for a setting in the backup system to backup say one folder, not the whole system. I am going to guess that Sandisk products are okay to use at sizes at least up to 1 TB.
michaelkenward
Mar 11, 2021Guru - Experienced User
ejbpesca wrote:
I searched for quite a while and nothing giving advice on size of a USB flash or hard drive.
You can get an idea of what you can use from this page:
Will my USB drive work with ReadySHARE | Answer | NETGEAR Support
The biggest drive that you can reliably use is around 4 TB.
For serious networking use Ethernet.
ejbpesca
Mar 11, 2021Aspirant
List said a
- SanDisk Ultra 16GB USB3.0 is compatible. My C drive has 130 GB of data. I guess the Ready Share mirrors this C drive by backing up every update, new file, app, etc. so I would go for a SanDisk at least 256GB yet such a small 16GB is said compatible. Maybe that is for a setting in the backup system to backup say one folder, not the whole system. I am going to guess that Sandisk products are okay to use at sizes at least up to 1 TB.