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Cannot Write to USB HDD on RN314
I have a 2 TB HDD hooked up to my new RN314 that was previously connected to my NV+ for backups via a VB Program I wrote. I have Everybody with Read/Write access; I can see/read anything, yet I cannot...
OK. A few interesting developments. I hooked it up to the PC, and ran a ChkDsk in Windows 7 on it. It found 4 files it was unhappy with the name (had a pipe symbol in them). Could not delete from Windows 7. Hooked it up to the Mac, and it only displayed the filename from the point after the pipe symbol. I was able to delete the 4. Went back to the PC, and ran ChkDsk (from the Explorer properties), and it still had the errors on the same files in the index section. I said to Fix automatically, and now it says no errors. I cannot write/delete/rename in Finder, but I can rename/delete in ReadyCloud. (I did have to set the permissions to Read/Write for Everyone again.)
Data on disk is important. My VB program detects new/changed files, and creates a time-stamped sub-folder, and moves the current backed-up copy to it before copying the new one. I would want to copy its contents first before re-formatting it. I noticed that there is a lot of useful information in this post that you have been involved in: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=77827&p=439361&hilit=external+usb+hdd#p439361. That is why I ran the ChkDsk.
Question: is the Hardware Compatibility List applicable to External USB drives? This Seagate is not on it, but neither is it on my NV+ HCL. I have another external dock and a spare drive that I will try to see if it is a defective RN314 first, however.
To be continued....
... Sooner than I thought. I just cannot write to it from the Mac (Probably a Yosemite thing???) However, on my XP PC, my VB Archive program is just chugging away.
Hmmm....
Data on disk is important. My VB program detects new/changed files, and creates a time-stamped sub-folder, and moves the current backed-up copy to it before copying the new one. I would want to copy its contents first before re-formatting it. I noticed that there is a lot of useful information in this post that you have been involved in: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=77827&p=439361&hilit=external+usb+hdd#p439361. That is why I ran the ChkDsk.
Question: is the Hardware Compatibility List applicable to External USB drives? This Seagate is not on it, but neither is it on my NV+ HCL. I have another external dock and a spare drive that I will try to see if it is a defective RN314 first, however.
To be continued....
... Sooner than I thought. I just cannot write to it from the Mac (Probably a Yosemite thing???) However, on my XP PC, my VB Archive program is just chugging away.
Hmmm....
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