USB external drives

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USB external drives
USB external drives
2019-08-25 13:14:31
Model: Archer C5400  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: 1.0.1

Hi everyone, 

I just bought a seagate backup plus 8tb external drive to try to use for photos sharing on my network. the seagate cannot be see, the usb light comes on but scan does not see the drive. Any help appeciated, I can return the seagate if it just wont work, thanks 

 

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Re:USB external drives
2019-08-26 22:00:43

@Driftwood1 

 

If the external hard drive has a power supply, make sure you are using that. The router can only provide so much power through its USB ports.

 

Since you are using a 8TB drive make sure the file system is NTFS.

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Re:USB external drives
2019-09-15 05:26:13

Check the file system on the drive. It has to be NTFS or FAT32.

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