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FAT 32
I am using Windows 7 and was trying to access and write to a USB HDD connected to my Readynas 102. Initially I couldn't access the drive but solved that issue with "Allow Anonymous Access" but I still couldn't write to the USB HDD using Frontview or Windows explorer.
My disk was formatted as NTFS and searches suggested I needed to format the USB HDD to FAT 32.
This worked and I am doing a Frontview backup now but is it true that NTFS is no good?
My disk was formatted as NTFS and searches suggested I needed to format the USB HDD to FAT 32.
This worked and I am doing a Frontview backup now but is it true that NTFS is no good?
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- What firmware are you running? NTFS should have worked fine. I see one post from someone who had a similar issue, but haven't seen anyone else. If you can duplicate this problem, you should contact netgear support.
FAT32 can't handle files > 4 GB, so it is not a good choice unless you are certain all your files are smaller. StephenB wrote: What firmware are you running? NTFS should have worked fine. I see one post from someone who had a similar issue, but haven't seen anyone else. If you can duplicate this problem, you should contact netgear support.
FAT32 can't handle files > 4 GB, so it is not a good choice unless you are certain all your files are smaller.
Thank you for confirming NTFS should be OK, I am running 6.1.6 and didn't want to use FAT 32 but couldn't write to the disk with NTFS. Windows & Frontview complained I didn't have required permissions (or something like that).
Hopefully the 4Gb limit won't be an issue for music or photos.
Perhaps you are right I will contact Netgear Support when I have more time.- Music and photos should be much smaller than 4 GB. High quality video files can be much larger than 4 GB.
Yes. DVD ISOs can also be larger than 4 GB.mdgm wrote: Music and photos should be much smaller than 4 GB. High quality video files can be much larger than 4 GB.
However, it shouldn't be a problem for music, photos, and normal document files (word, pdf, etc).
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