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R7000 NAS Drive Can't Delete Files Folders Permissions Issue User \ Nobody
I have the R7000 with a Seagate STBV4000100 4TB USB 3.0 drive connected. I can connect to it just fine, drive shares work etc. From a WIN 7 64bit OS system using windows explorer I can create folders...
After a few reformats of the drive, it worked for me. The files on the eSata drive are exactly like the "standard" Windows Explorer. I can save, load, delete, change properties etc... Since it worked, I had to power down the router once, and after a restart, nothing had changed. Everything still working. (except the bad 5G wifi, and the "freaky" interface, but that was like before)...
Do not bother with the old firmware - the problem persists from the very first release. R7000 damages the file system from time to time when it performs a write-to-disk operation. Since DLNA service indexes the media files and stores the database to the connected disk it means that generally any storage device connected to the R7000 via USB has all the chances to loose some files located on it. I personally experienced this on numerous devices - flash disks, external hard drives, etc. I have the support case open in Netgear. They even succeed to reproduce, no fix though and no estimation when could it be. I think that destroying the customers data is a subject for the legal claim. Netgear, do you read it? Be warned.