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zaidyou
Mar 29, 2016Aspirant
external USB drive not detected
Hi,
Finaly my ReadyNAS is woking! but i have a series problem and need help please
I have attached my two external WD USB devices to the USB 3.0 ports (each 2 TB), and they are both password protected, when i plugged them in mycloud it did NOT detect them!! only after i removed the password mycloud was able to detect them. these two hard drives has vital info for me and i can't keep them unprotected, i can't rely on mycloud account password only, now anyone in my place can remove the external hard disks and access my data because they are NOT protected anymore.
my question: is there any way to keep my WD password and mycoude can detect them then i enter the password in order to open them?? so in case someone removed them from ReadyNAS he/she want be able to access the content of my the WD drive.
Please guys advise me what to do
Thanks
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- mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee Retired
We don't support encrypted/password protected USB disks.
- cpu8088Virtuoso
just unplug the external usb drives and lock them in a fire proof safe
physical protection a lot better than software password protection. lol
- StephenBGuru - Experienced User
The best solution is to use the NAS as intended - with two internal drives, ideally using xraid. That volume can be encrypted.
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