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error when connecting a USB device
When I plug in a 5TB Seagate storage device I get the following error. "external storage device is connected but the file system is not recognized". My NAS has recognized other USB devices, some w...
Is that drive USB powered? If so, that's a pretty big drive to expect a NAS to power on its own (though USB3 is suposed to be rated at high enough current for most). If the electronics is powering up but the drive isn't spinning up, that could cause it.
NOTE: If a drive comes with one of those cables that lets you plug into two USB ports to get enough current, it's not usually going to work on a ReadyNAS.
Could NTFS compression be enabled on the partition?
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