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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...
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.
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