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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...
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.
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