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Atahan's avatar
Atahan
Aspirant
Mar 25, 2021

Detetcs all storage devices as 200MB

Hello, I am connecting my 1TB hard drive to my netgear router and it is being detected as a 200MB drive. I decided to switch to mac and it still showed 200MB, then I had tried to go into the router settings and it was detected as a 200MB drive. Also it does not detect any files at all.

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  • antinode's avatar
    antinode
    Guru
    Mar 25, 2021

       I know nothing, but I've read claims that the (not especially
    competent) ReadySHARE software deals with only the first partition on a
    storage volume.  If that first partition is some (small) "recovery" or
    "EFI" partition, then you might see only that.

     

       In that case, you'd need to repartition the drive so that it contains
    only one partition, and initialize that one partition with one of the
    supported file systems.  Unless, of course, you really wanted to keep
    the existing partition scheme for some reason, in which case, you'd be
    doomed.

     

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

      • antinode's avatar
        antinode
        Guru
        Mar 25, 2021

        > [...] if I need a driver, [...]

         

           If you needed a driver, then you wouldn't have seen that small
        partition.

         

        > [...] i can follow your instructions and partition the drive.

         

           I know nothing about your computer(s) or your (unspecified) "my 1TB
        hard drive".  I suggest that you look for information about how to
        partition/format a disk drive using whichever computer OS you have.