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GJSchaller
Dec 30, 2014Guide
ReadyNAS Pro 4 & WD MyBook Duo - wrong drive size
I have a ReadyNAS Pro 4, and a brand new WD MyBook Duo, with a pair of 6TB drives in it for a total of 12TB. I figure this will let me back up my 9TB on the ReadyNAS Pro 4 to the external drive witho...
StephenB
Dec 30, 2014Guru - Experienced User
Page 50 of the manual says
[quote="http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RNDU2000/ReadyNAS_Business_SW_05Nov13.pdf":1vojnqx2]...Partitions on the storage devices must be one of the following file system formats: FAT32, NTFS, EXT2, EXT3...[/quote:1vojnqx2]
You can format a normal USB drive from the NAS admin UI, but I don't know that would work with the MyBook Duo.
[quote="http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RNDU2000/ReadyNAS_Business_SW_05Nov13.pdf":1vojnqx2]...Partitions on the storage devices must be one of the following file system formats: FAT32, NTFS, EXT2, EXT3...[/quote:1vojnqx2]
You can format a normal USB drive from the NAS admin UI, but I don't know that would work with the MyBook Duo.
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