@Kevin_Z Splitting the HDD into multiple partitions smaller than 4TB solved the problem :D

@Kevin_Z Yeah, it's a few 250 GB NTFS. I'm hoping it's not a capacity thing. Everywhere I read says that newer TP-link routers, particularly the dual band ones, don't have a limitation on how much...

@Kevin_Z The hard drive model I have (WD 8TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive HDD - WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN) doesn't have any innate encryption and I checked and it's also not encrypted by Bitlocker. From the...

I connected my external hard drive to my router using the USB port, but I can't access it from my Windows 10 laptop. It seems the router recognizes the HD was connected, but it can't access any of...