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Major problems copying files to external drive
I'm now tearing my hair out with my Readynas 104. I've attached a 2TB external hard drive and want to copy a whole load of folders and files across to it from the NAS. My problem is that it sets go...
Hi Delta_Skies,
You may want to format your external drive on FAT32 via the USB settings in the UI or exFAT on the Disk Utility page in your iMAC.
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
FAT32 can't handle files > 4 GB, so it's not ideal. If you need to reformat, I'd try NTFS. You can read that on the mac, but you might need a windows PC to format it.
NTFS isn't any good to me as I'm a Mac user and only use Windows at work. Seems like FAT32 has to be the way to go
Hi Delta_Skies,
You may want to format your external drive on FAT32 via the USB settings in the UI or exFAT on the Disk Utility page in your iMAC.
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
Delta_Skies wrote:
NTFS isn't any good to me as I'm a Mac user and only use Windows at work. Seems like FAT32 has to be the way to go
If you have any HD movies or large ISO images you probably have files that are too large for fat32.
For ~$20 you can buy paragon, which will let you read/write ntfs on the mac. http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/download.html
Thanks Brian. Thanks Stephen. I've done a check on my files and I don't have any files greater than 4Gb so it's not going to be a massive problem. Something to be aware of though. I've heard of that Paragon software before so maybe an option to investigate. In the meantime I'm copying files around so I can reformat the drive and then copy them all back again.
Many thanks for all the help.
Peter
Hi Delta_Skies,
You're welcome. Just let us know if formatting the non-working external USB HDD to FAT32 or exFAT solves the problem.
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community TeamAfter reformatting the drive to FAT32 everything appears to working again. Files are copying across ok.
Thanks
Peter
Hi Delta_Skies,
Thank you for your feedback. We're happy that the issue that you raised here in the community was resolved. I hope that you will continue to contribute in the community by raising issues, asking questions and giving out suggestions to others.
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
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