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Compatability of Seagate 4TB USB 3.0 External Drive?
After upgrading from a 3TB USB external drive to the Seagate 4TB Goflexdesk USB 3.0 drive (STAC4000100), the connection to my ReadyNAS is constantly dropped. I have not checked the exact frequency of ...
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I think I have made progress. Hours of effort unfortunately...
If you format your external USB drive using ext2/3 format the Seagate tools (both Mac and Windows versions) WILL NOT recognize the drive. There seem to be methods to disable sleep, but many seem to be tied to the computer and a particular USB port rather than the drive itself. I reformatted the drive using FAT format, then used the Seagate tools (GoFlex Bundled Software, which includes SeaTools) to change the sleep to never. Finally used the NAS to reformat back to ext2/3. Now I am testing to see if it will stay connected for at least 24 hours. Looks promising so far.
I think I have made progress. Hours of effort unfortunately...
If you format your external USB drive using ext2/3 format the Seagate tools (both Mac and Windows versions) WILL NOT recognize the drive. There seem to be methods to disable sleep, but many seem to be tied to the computer and a particular USB port rather than the drive itself. I reformatted the drive using FAT format, then used the Seagate tools (GoFlex Bundled Software, which includes SeaTools) to change the sleep to never. Finally used the NAS to reformat back to ext2/3. Now I am testing to see if it will stay connected for at least 24 hours. Looks promising so far.
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