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R7800 USB Reset Readyshare
I have two USB drives shared off my R7800 (Firmware Version V1.0.2.90) on 3 PCs running fully updated Windows 10 as T: and U: I need to switch out the T: drive for a larger one, identical to the othe...
Michael,
Drives are identical WD WEBWLG010HBK 10TB drives, not on the list; the one that has been attached since 2019 has worked perfectly for daily access for media with the occasional unplug/plug. If I unplug it, it recognizes it as soon as I plug it back in; similar for the older 8TB that I am trying to replace with the 10TB. I have done the "Safely remove USB device" several times, and that's been fine.
I need to isolate it from my PC in case that is causing the problem; maybe Windows is telling it what the mapped drives were. I will try it with a laptop attached and see what happens.
Geordie wrote:
Drives are identical WD WEBWLG010HBK 10TB drives, not on the list; the one that has been attached since 2019 has worked perfectly for daily access for media with the occasional unplug/plug.
Sort of conforms that it will work. That detail was not in your first message.
...maybe Windows is telling it what the mapped drives were.
If in doubt, I always look in to Windows. But that you have two identical drives is odd. It won't be the old SMB issue.
I have gone through all the SMB fixes I could find online. The worst I would have expected is for it to get the drives confused e.g. if I only had the new one attached, it might think it was the old one.
So something somewhere is keeping the drive signatures and what the mappings are, but I expected that would be in ReadyShare itself and be cleared in the reset. Maybe it's all in the CFG file, but that's in hex so I can't tell. Otherwise, Windows seems like a likely candidate I suppose