Windows 10: Windows 10 cannot see ext USB HDD drive attached to the Router

Discus and support Windows 10 cannot see ext USB HDD drive attached to the Router in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; when I connected a Toshiba ext USB drive to the back of my Huawei AG635 router, the router software could see the drive but Windows 10 did not. had... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by surfing69, Sep 9, 2020.

  1. SURFING69
    surfing69 Win User

    Windows 10 cannot see ext USB HDD drive attached to the Router


    when I connected a Toshiba ext USB drive to the back of my Huawei AG635 router, the router software could see the drive but Windows 10 did not.


    had enabled SAMBA and media sharing but every time i tried to add a new network location using the same IP address as the router with or without '\share', the error message stated something about SMB1 compatibility.


    I found that I had to re-enable SMB1 in add/remove windows features before windows 10 could see and enable sharing of the drive. However I also learnt that SMB1 is a high security risk and i need to enable SMB2 or higher on the device i was confused whether it was the Router that required an upgrade to SMb2 or the ext HDD?


    can anyone help?

    :)
     
    surfing69, Sep 9, 2020
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  2. DELTA6326
    Delta6326 Win User
    Delta6326, Sep 9, 2020
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  3. GOODGENIE4U
    Goodgenie4u Win User
    Cannot see my ext WD 2 TB HDD


    Ran into this problem transferring media files from my laptop to the WD ext hdd. Both USB 3.
    "My Book", my 2 TB WD ext HDD I cannot be seen on my laptop nor my media mini pc
    I found it in Disk Management. It is shown as Disk 2. It has a black streak all the way (full?) It has excess of I,8 TB used and indicates that it is unitialized.


    I have attached a snipper capture of the disk management page.

    How do I get the ext HDD to function without losing all my media? I am not technically savvy, but can follow step by step advice.

    Thanks
     
    Goodgenie4u, Sep 9, 2020
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  4. CAMERAMAN32
    cameraman32 Win User

    Windows 10 cannot see ext USB HDD drive attached to the Router

    computer stops recognizing 2 ext HDD

    I use a 7 year old HP Pavillion desk top and so far it has worked well. I have USB connected 2 ext HDD. One is basic storage and the other is my ext backup HDD. If I try to open a file in either of them, my computer stops recognizing both the ext HDDs causing
    a major problem creating backups. The only way to bring back recognition of the drives is to reboot. I plugged the two HDDs into another computer and they were fine there. How do I fix this?
     
    cameraman32, Sep 9, 2020
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