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crash0099
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Apr 26, 2016

Can I use ReadyNas as a hard drive for my lightroom 6?

I have a computer I built with running Windows 10 PRO.  I only have a 240GB SSD for my hard drive.  What I want know is can I also use the RN204 for my Network backup and also use it to work from Lightroom 6 for my photography?  I have tried to get it too work but no luck.  I currently have it set up with ethernet cables connected to my Netgear AC1750 Wi-Fi router.  Do I need to run a USB 3 cord from my computer to the RN204?  I used to use my old WD backup drive to work from until it died and I lost all my pictures.  So I decided to get the RN204 and put 2 network WD 2 TB drives in it.

 

Can someone help me with this?

Craig

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  • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
    mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired

    Was that old WD backup drive a USB disk?

     

    The NAS is not a USB peripheral and you can't use it as such.

    Does Lightroom work with network drives? If not, you will need to consider using iSCSI. I would recommend connecting your PC to your network using ethernet if you want to use iSCSI.

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