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USB 3TB not accessible - No Filesystem
Hello, I'm having an issue with USB 3TB Seagate GoFlex drives on ReadyNAS Pro Business. Several months ago, when I first initially connected them they would not recognize the drives, apparenty the...
That doesn't necessarily mean the drive is fine. Do test it as I suggested. It will help to isolate the cause of the problem. Personally from the symptoms I'd suspect the USB disk is beginning to fail. Running SeaTools can confirm/eliminate this as being the problem. Run both short and long tests.
You can find SeaTools here: http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=SeaTools&vgnextoid=720bd20cacdec010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD
Under System > Performance have you enabled Fast USB Writes? If so, have you been safely unmounting the USB disk?
You can find SeaTools here: http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=SeaTools&vgnextoid=720bd20cacdec010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD
Under System > Performance have you enabled Fast USB Writes? If so, have you been safely unmounting the USB disk?
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