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External hard drive format recommendations
I am trying to connect an external hard drive into the eSATA port in the back. I have tried to format the drive with NTFS, but the ReadyNas doesn't see it. If I connect it using a USB setup i get the message an external device is connected but not reconzied by the ReadyNas. Looking to see if I need to chnage the format to use the eSATA port in the back.
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Hi jwilkinson84, once the nas has discovered the drive you can see it on admin page/system/overview and can format it there to save your purposes.
Kind regards
The NAS will format it to a BTRFS volume, which you are unlikely to be able to read with other devices. So if you have a need to do that, you'll need to use a USB drive, which can be formatted to NTFS.
The only issue is when i recieve the "External device is connected but is not reconzied by the ReadyNas" I navigate to the overview section on the admin page the drive isn't there to format. Ive plugged it into my computer completly whiped it a few times and formatted it to NTFS. Now each time after I format the drive to NTFS I try the eSATA port first to see if it see it at all and nothing. I might just have to re-format the drive again with NTFS and ditch trying to get it to connect through the eSATA port.
Hi jwilkinson84, just use your windows workstation to blank the disk (no formatting, even no partition) and reconnect it to the nas after that. Then check again, whether you can format it.
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