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Router doesnt recognize external USB hard drive
I have a ReadyNAS RND4000 with 4x1TB drives. It's old but working well. I have attached a 2 TB external drive to the USB port for offsite storage. It's worked fine, but is now full. I attached a 5 TB external drive and the NAS isn't recognizing it. Advice?
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fredfeldman wrote:
I attached a 5 TB external drive and the NAS isn't recognizing it. Advice?
Your old NAS doesn't support GPT formatting, so you can't use drives larger than 2 TB.
The best workaround is to attach the drive to a PC, and copy over a wired network. That removes the size limitation, and is also much faster.
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