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Win 10 will not allow writing to USB drive
Everything worked fine on my old Win10 PC, then I switched to a new Win10 PC. Readyshare is setup for no password read and write. I can access my readyshare drive to read, but not write. When I try to access it (as a network location), Win10 only offers a menu to Browse Folders (and access to Music, Pictures, and Video). I cannot create a folder or write at all to the readyshare drive. If I try on Win10 to map the drive, it cannot find it. The Browse Folders option allows me to read the readyshare drive just fine. I assume this must be a Win10 problem, not a Netgear problem.
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Hi carailer
This is the NAS forum (ReadyNAS). I would suggest posting in the router forum instead :)
https://community.netgear.com/t5/General-WiFi-Routers-Non/bd-p/home-wifi-routers-general
Your router is pretty old, and I suspect it only supports SMB 1. Microsoft is deprecating that, so it is not enabled on new PCs. I am thinking that you have DLNA enabled in the router settings, and that Windows is using it to access the media on the drive.
Try going into "Turn Windows Features on or off", and see if the SMB 1.0/CIFS client is enabled. If it isn't, enable it (ignoring the security warning) and then see if you can access the files from file explorer. Enter \\router-ip-address in the address bar (using the real router IP address of course, and using the correct slash direction). The default router IP address is 192.168.1.1
If that works, then try \\readyshare.
Thanks. SMB 1 is enabled. My router is at 192.168.1.64. I try and access 192.168.1.64\readyshare\USB_Storage using Map Drive, and it tells me the device rejects the connection. Interesting, because Windows lets me read the device - just not write to it.
carailer wrote:
Thanks. SMB 1 is enabled. My router is at 192.168.1.64.
That is an unsual router IP. Are you using it in AP mode?
Maybe confirm that you have the right path by running CMD on the PC. Then enter
net view \\192.168.1.64
Also, the router might be set up to need a password for write access. Maybe check the router config for that.
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