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dpo91
Sep 17, 2016Aspirant
Trouble configuring hard drive for ReadyShare
I recently bought a WD 4TB Black My Passport Ultra Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBBKD0040BBK-NESN to setup with the R7800's ReadyShare. I see the hard drive when I log in to routerlogin....
- Sep 25, 2016
I returned the WD hard drive yesterday. I think anybody reading this thread and considering hard drives to buy would be wise to use the"ReadySHARE USB Drives Compatibility List".
JamesGL
Oct 24, 2016NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi rugby134,
We’d greatly appreciate hearing your feedback letting us know if the information we’ve provided has helped resolve your issue or if you need further assistance.
If your issue is now resolved we encourage you to mark the appropriate reply as the “Accepted Solution” so others can be confident in benefiting from the solution. The Netgear community looks forward to hearing from you and being a helpful resource in the future!
JamesGL
Community Team
rugby134
Oct 24, 2016Aspirant
I wouldn't say the issue is solved yet. I just reformatted the WD My Book 3tb in NTFS and it is still not recognized in my network. I opened up the router menu and can see it under usb attached devices but cannot move it to accepted devices. I did not select only use accepted devices. So, as it stands, I am unoble to use the My Book via the router, which was a primary reason for purchasing it. I also wasted a weekend reformatting and transferring data back to it.
- JamesGLOct 27, 2016NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi rugby134,
Can you access the drive via the ReadyShare?
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20391/~/readyshare-usb-storage-gui-explained
JamesGL
Community Team