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MommaRoth
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Nov 05, 2016
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Nighthawk r7300 doesn't recognize external hard drive

Hi all - (I searched for this in the community but didn't quite find the solution.  If I've missed it please post a link & sorry for the trouble!)   I run a small home office and recently bought a ...
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    MommaRoth
    Nov 18, 2016

    Hi ElaineM

     

    Thanks for your response.  I ended up returning the drive - no amount of partitioning or driver-downloads made it readable.  I'm going to go back to the list of recommended external hard drives and see if I can find an exact match.  I must say it's incredibly frustrating that this Netgear router is so persnickity about it's compatability. 

     

    I appreciate you spending a bit of time with me on this.

     

    Regards,  Susan