@IrvSp Backing up the data now so I can do a format later. Laptop porst seem to be fine so curious what will happen after the disk is formatted.

Thanks for all the help people! I managed to get the drive working on a different laptop! It just instantly recognized it. Still no trace of it when connected it to the original machine, which is...

@IrvSp What you describe is exactly what I did... The router doesn't list the drive anymore and I cant find the drive anywhere when connecting it to my laptop. It sort of looks like the router just...

I'm trying to disconnect my USB drive but when I do it becomes invisible to my laptop. I unshared all shared directories, disabled authentication, removed the drive in TP-Link router app and then...