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wootcat
Aspirant
Jun 27, 2017
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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...
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  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Jul 03, 2017

    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's avatar
wootcat
Aspirant
Jun 28, 2017

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.

 

StephenB's avatar
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 29, 2017
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.

  • wootcat's avatar
    wootcat
    Aspirant
    Jun 29, 2017

    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+?

     

    • wootcat's avatar
      wootcat
      Aspirant
      Jun 29, 2017

      Also, I just plugged the drive into my Windows 7 PC. The Format dialog popped up and the only capacity option I have is 1.99 TB.

       

      File system options are NTFS and exFAT.

      There are different allocation size units, but if I change those, the capacity never gives me other options.

       

       

      • wootcat's avatar
        wootcat
        Aspirant
        Jun 29, 2017

        I went into Disk Management and futzed around a bit and finally got it formatted as a 4 TB drive.

         

        I'm still hoping I can use the FrontView backup functionality on my NV+. If I can't, can anyone recommend good backup software? Hopefully something that will retain permissions and isn't too expensive. Free would be great! ;-)

         

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