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muddauber
Aspirant
Apr 08, 2022
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External Drive has lock and is read-only

External Drive has lock and is read-only, but 2 shares are backing up fine. I have not been able to make the External Drive Read/Write. Any suggestions out there?
  • anna_arun's avatar
    anna_arun
    Apr 09, 2022

    Check the drive on Windows and Fix any Errors using Scandisk , Safe Remove and then try connecting back to NAS .

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anna_arun
NETGEAR Expert
Apr 09, 2022

Check the drive on Windows and Fix any Errors using Scandisk , Safe Remove and then try connecting back to NAS .

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