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vmadan
Apr 13, 2017Aspirant
SMB disabled
I had been having a lot of issues with my ReadyNAS - initially I could not get a 'stable' file transfer for any sizable files using explorer (it would just hang after inactivity). However, it was at ...
StephenB
Apr 14, 2017Guru - Experienced User
Do you have a backup of the NAS files?
vmadan
Apr 15, 2017Aspirant
no, unfortunately not - the NAS serves as a backup for all PCs and a media server
And even if I were to buy a large enough external USB3 HDD I don't know if the web UI interface is going to allow me to copy over the files anyway.
- jak0lantashApr 15, 2017Mentor
Did you try booting the NAS in Volume Read Only mode via the Boot Menu?
- vmadanApr 15, 2017Aspirant
thanks, not yet but will try it
so should I try enabling SMB in the read only mode? or this is to do a backup?
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