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NASklr
Aspirant
Sep 19, 2015
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Backup Path Lost When Switching USB Drives

RN102 with 6.2.3 I have backup jobs for each share to backup to a corresponding destination folder on a usb drive (Music share goes to Music folder on usb drive). Backup button is enabled for each j...
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  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Sep 23, 2015
    NASklr wrote:

    I'm reluctant to test out a beta firmware at this point.

    You can't downgrade from 6.4 beta, so it is wise to be cautious.

     

    You could upgrade to the current production firmware though (6.2.5).

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BrianL2
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Sep 19, 2015

Hi NASklr,

 

The USB path name depends on which USB device gets plugged in first. Even if they're switched out (top/bottom or front) the same USB_HDD_1 stays on the 1st USB storage plugged in, and USB_HDD_2 for the next one. Kindly confirm if you have tried this and got the same behavior.

 

 

Kind regards,

 

BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team

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NASklr
Aspirant
Sep 20, 2015

I've been plugging both drives alternately into the top back usb 3.0 socket. (My UPS is plugged into the lower back socket.) The RN102 gave each drive a different name when I plugged them in.

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