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Re: C7800 not recognizing SSD

mtcsox
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C7800 not recognizing SSD

I bought a Sandisk sdssde60-1T00 1TB SSD external drive,  My Macinstosh recognizes it just fine.   I want to use Readyshare to share the SSD throughout my home users.  When I plug in the SSD, the router does not see it.   I reformatted the SSD to FAT and still, nothing.

 

Please help.

 

Thanks

Model: C7800|Nighthawk X4S-AC3200 WiFi Cable Modem Router
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FURRYe38
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Re: C7800 not recognizing SSD

Try NTFS? 

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mtcsox
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Re: C7800 not recognizing SSD

I don't have that as an option (see screen shot)

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FURRYe38
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Re: C7800 not recognizing SSD

Try exFAT

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antinode
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Re: C7800 not recognizing SSD

> Try exFAT

 

   The one popular file system which is _not_ in the list of supported
file systems in the C7800 User Manual?  Not what I'd expect to work.

 

   Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation.  Get the User Manual.  Read.  Look for "USB Storage
Device Requirements".


> I don't have that as an option (see screen shot)

 

   Right.  macOS doesn't offer NTFS natively.  Find a Windows system,
and do it there?

 

   I don't use (or trust) ReadySHARE, and I haven't done anything with a
real SSD, so I know nothing, but I would not be amazed if an SSD
identified itself with a device-type code (or some other characteristic)
which the (lame) Netgear firmware does not recognize as belonging to a
mass storage device.  I'd try an ordinary (rotating) disk drive or a
simple flash-EEPROM gizmo, with some supported file system, and see if
it can cope with one of those.  If it works with non-SSD devices, and
the docs don't mention "SSD", then I'd take that as a hint.

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