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R7800 USB Compatible with HGST Ultrastar 7K4000?
I just bought an HGST Ultrastar 7K4000 hard drive and am trying to connect it via USB to use ReadyShare on the Netgear R7800 router. So far I am unable to make this work. Initially I was having an is...
> [...] changing file format from NTFS to ExFAT fixed that issue.
> However, the router still does not recognize the drive. Not sure what
> I'm doing wrong?
https://kb.netgear.com/24059/
The router supports the following file system types for full
read/write access:
[...]
Do you see ExFAT in that list?
It is worth noting that the drive also did not work with NTFS. Clearly ExFAT also will not work.
However, adding a snarky response to a "help" forum is a bit contradictory, wouldn't you say?
Other people report that their Mac can see NTFS. Funny that you needed to use ExFAT to get the Mac to see it. I didn't realise that they still held out against the industry standard.
More to the point, the HGST Ultrastar 7K4000 is a standard hard drive. What you are using to make it accessible to the R7800?
You'll need one of those SATA to USB adapters, or a .
ReadyShare is a pretty basic technology for getting storage to show. It won't work with anything that needs drivers. It is also limited in how much power it can deliver.
You can get some idea of the sort of thing that ReadyShare supports here:
ReadySHARE USB Drives Compatibility List | Answer | NETGEAR Support
I don lt recall anyone talkimng about that sort of device.
PS Apologies for the rudeness that you perceive. Some people are just like that.
PS A quick test here shows that Readyshare is happy to work with a USB enclosure with a 1 TB NTFS drive.
