Raxe500 Readyshare stopped working

[GolfDude]

ive had an extenral drive setup with readyshare for a while now, but now the rotuer isnt seeing the drive anymore, it says NO DRIVE, and i cant connect to it.. if i plug it in via usb to my pc, everything is there and fine.. so its not a drive issue.. what is causing this sudden NO DRIVE issue on the router?

[FURRYe38]

Do other external drivers work with the router? 

Has the Router and USB drive been fully powered OFF for 1 minute then back ON? 

[GolfDude]

i tried attaching another drive i actually just got this week, and it also shows as no drive found  on the router for readyshare.. both dont show up,

[FURRYe38]

Has the Router and USB drive been fully powered OFF for 1 minute then back ON? 

Try a factory reset on the Router with the USB drive disconnected from the router. Complete the setup then power OFF the router. Connect the drive and turn ON the router. See if the drive appears. 

[GolfDude]

the unplug did the trick.. except now  it doesnt want to find the shared folder, despite it showing the shared folder

aka:

Click on readyshare in my network list

shows my shared folder

i click on said folder, and it says the path wasnt found

[GolfDude]

if i try to make a new shared folder, it blanks the box out and doesnt allow it.. if i try to select an existing folder, it wont register it being picked

[GolfDude]

ok i finally got it to work.. i had to make a folder with the same folder name it created.. for whatever reason  creating a new share folder  just wont work, so i have to use the one it created on its own... now i can access the files on there

[FURRYe38]

Glad you got it working. Please mark your thread as solved so others will know. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/24231/How-do-I-back-up-the-router-configuration-settings-on-my-Nighthawk-rout...
Enjoy. 📡