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Windows 7 Share Quota
I have a ReadyNAS DUO with 2TB of RAID5 disks and Frontview shows 49% used. But in Windows Explorer in Windows 7 it shows only 781GB Total size on each backup and media and these are both only 12.5GB free.
I checked Quota tab in Properties for each mapped drive but the Show Quota Settings does nothing. I have not set anything in Shares in Frontview.
How can i get to use the rest of the storage?
Thanks Jim
I checked Quota tab in Properties for each mapped drive but the Show Quota Settings does nothing. I have not set anything in Shares in Frontview.
How can i get to use the rest of the storage?
Thanks Jim
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- Hi
I have created a new share on the same NAS and it also only shows as 781GB but also it is almost full.
Why is NAS only allocating 781GB when Fronyview shows - Online, X-RAID, 2 disks, 49% of 1853 GB used?
Please can someone help before i run out of space?
Thanks Jim - What is more odd is that when i check from my netbook running Windows 7 Starter it shows 928GB of 1.8TB.
The 2 PCs are running Windows 7 Home and the other Windows 7 Premium! - I think it is a Windows bug. At least there's some posts here from other folks who have noticed this: http://www.sevenforums.com/network-shar ... space.html
One poster saw it with Windows Home Server hosting the share, another with a Lacie NAS. - I have posted on the Windows forum but still not getting any help.
Can anyone on the ReadyNAS forum help?
Thanks Jim - Based on what I've seen, the problem is that Windows is simply not reporting the correct value. The amount of space that's on the NAS is correctly reported in Frontview.
- Thanks - I agree with that summation - but how do I correct Windows then?
I'm not sure you can. Most of the folks I've seen posting this issue in other forums ended up decided just to ignore the free space reporting.jimthomas22 wrote: Thanks - I agree with that summation - but how do I correct Windows then? - Maybe but when it shows it is full in Windows I cannot write any more to it although there is plenty of space!
Thanks Jim
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