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Dec 24, 2015

External hard disk not recognized (either in USB nor eSATA) on my ReadyNAS104

Hello all ! I have a big problem : I bought an external dock (with USB and eSATA port), to archive the data of my NAS onto external hard disks. It always worked great with my old 2TB Western ...

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StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Dec 24, 2015

Does the dock work properly with 3 TB drives in your PC?

A lot of old docks don't handle disks > 2 TB.

Jojo90
Tutor
Dec 24, 2015
Hello Stephen !

Yes it works well, even with my 4TB disks.
- mdgm-ntgr
  NETGEAR Employee Retired
  Dec 28, 2015
  It could be that the Linux drivers for the dock are not compatible with high capacity disks.
  
  Shortly after connecting the dock, can you download the logs and send them in (see the Sending Logs link in my sig)?
  - Jojo90
    Tutor
    Dec 31, 2015
    Hello mdgm !
    
    First of all : thank you for your help !!! ;)
    I'm currently not Home, but I'll send you the logs asap !
    And once again : Thanks for help !
    
    I wish you all a happy new year ! ;)
    
    ++
    Jojo