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Problem with Seagate Backup Plus 4TB and ReadyNAS NV+
I've got an old ReadyNAS NV+ with about 3TB of storage on it. I recently purchased a Seagate Backup Plus 4TB drive to back it up. This is the first time I've connected a USB drive to the NAS with...
Try right-clicking on the share and selecting the sharing tab. Then click "advanced sharing".and then "permissions"
If the account you are using to access the share isn't listed, then click on "add" to add it.
Then select that account , and make sure it has all options (full control, change, and read) set to allow.
After that go to the security tab, select that same account, and set all options there (except special permissions) to allow.
wootcat wrote:
I've got an old ReadyNAS NV+
The v1 (OS 4.1.x) NAS are limited to 2 TB drives- both USB and internal. They don't support GPT formatting. If you try to use larger sizes you end up with odd results.
So you'll need to connect the drive to a PC, reformat, and copy over the network. That'll actually be a lot faster.
As far as formatting goes, I don't recommend FAT32 - the max file size (4 GB) often gets in the way.
So move it to the PC and reformat it? If not FAT32, then what? Windows 7 doesn't format EXT3 as far as I know.
wootcat wrote:
So move it to the PC and reformat it? If not FAT32, then what? Windows 7 doesn't format EXT3 as far as I know.
Format it as NTFS, and use it in the PC. You can't connect it directly to the NAS, as it can't handle disks > 2 TB.
Thanks, I will try that.
Will I be able to use the FrontView backup feature, or will I have to find a third-party option to fully back up the NV+?
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