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Shingled Magnetic Recording drives have a bad name, and rightly so if you need to write continuously for more than a couple of minutes, because the firmware just can't cope and frequently grinds to a halt for a few seconds. As someone who always buys NAS HDD's for their longevity and durability...

I am seeking help as networking is not my field. I have a Windows 10 Desktop and a Windows 11 Lenovo Laptop. Both are on the same WORKGROUP private network. My Desktop is hard wired to my Vodafone router and my laptop is connected to the same network by Wi-Fi. On my Windows 10 Desktop (under...

Hello, thank you for your help. I have a PC, and a NAS. The NAS has a file, when I try to use that file in a program, it says "The media is write protected." I am an admin Win user, and when right click > properties > security, it says I have write permission. When I copy file from NAS to PC...

How to manage Synology NAS using FSRM? For a school project, I've build a file server using windows server for "permission" et Synalogy NAS to stock folders. I want to know if there have a way to manage my shared folders from my windows server. Each user got folders named by her username, and...

I upgraded from Windows 10 Pro to Windows 11 Pro on Dell XPS 8940 purchased 2 years ago. I upgraded a few months ago when Windows Update said my computer was ready. The upgrade went smoothly with no issues. I have a Network Attached Storage (NAS) unit attached through my router with gigabit...

I have a home network with the following devices : WIN 10 PC WIN 11 PC NAS I see only 1 or 2 of the devices at any time and on an intermittent basis. For example the WIN 11 PC sees only the WIN 10 PC. The WIN 10 PC today sees all devices including itself although yesterday it only saw itself...

Hello, I'm running windows 10 pro. I have 4 of my dives as a Raid. however What I'm worried about is running my windows as a Nas. I;m not a linux person at all. I been on windows sense as long as I can remember. I do have linux systems and having a hard time trying to compile drives into a raid...

I'm working on networking our home. WAN to Cable Modem to Router to Unmanaged Switch in the Utility room (roughly the center of an ell-shape) (and WIFI APs on the west end and north end) to wired drops in selected rooms. So now I see mention of a local "Cloud" storage for a home. Say what? I've...

Really, I do! I only just upgraded to Windows 21H2 (from (21H1) less than two weeks ago. Over the years, Microsoft's OS iterations have been becoming progressively worse. I know many people complained about W8.1; I have no idea why. I continue to use the professional version on my original...

Hi. My Nvidia shield pro is wired to my router and also my router has a HDD attached to it, like a NAS. I can access the contents of the USB drive on my Nvidia Shield pro and can access the NAS using my Android phone via FX explorer app. However, using my laptop which is on WiFi and on the...

Hi and thanks for looking at my post. I have no experience whatsoever about automating tasks in Windows but I have a huge task at hand currently and so I feel automating it is the only solution. Here is what I am trying to do: I have a huge collection of movie files on my NAS (Z:\Movies). Each...

Hi all, Is there anyway to have a diskless server boot a Windows server image/VM from a NAS? Or is it possible to have an operating system like Windows Server 2012 not installed each individual machine? Instead running from a centralized disk storage.

If I'm logged into Windows 8.1 as username/password, and I try to access files on another computer on my network (in this case my NAS, which I think is running Linux), what username and password does it try to connect to the NAS with? If it gives me a "You need permission to perform this action"...

I don't find anything on this and i'm trying to configure my home linux mini server to be able to make some lan webpages discoverable by windows as a "network infrastructure device" or other devices/media devices in the network explorer. I know it is possible as my router has the administration...

I have a NAS drive (a Zyxel NSA310) on my network which I am trying to use for backup. Whenever I try to access this drive from a Windows computer connected to the same LAN (e.g. to create a new folder on the NAS) it says "you need authorisation to do that". How do I get authorisation? The Zyxel...

After replacement of a harddisk in my NAS I want to shovel back about 1 TB files from my PC win10 64 bit to it. Tried it first with robocopy. File transfers ended when some mp4, some tif files were to be copied. Error message - Other app using them. Resource monitor showed no handles to these...

I'm a professional Windows user and technician, but I hate Win8 & 10, so I've never had either on my own devices to get familiar with...until Dec. 2018. I have a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 Home x64. I have disabled all telemetry user settings, added the "AllowTelemetry" registry entry...

Hi, I was using File History before the 1809 update and saw it was no longer working. I do not want an image- just file and folder backups. Here are the steps I have done Removed old File History backup and restarted- same issue. Further investigation showed that I was hitting MAX PATH 256...

I have a WD My Cloud Expert Series EX2Ultra connected to my home network. Everything has been working perfectly. But, after the latest Win 10 desktop update (Version 1607 Build 14393.1593) Windows explorer no longer finds the NAS. I have a Win 10 laptop (Version 1703 Build 15063.540) Windows...

Relevant network units: Two PCs (W10) and one NAS (WD MyCloud). All units belong to the same workgroup. Both PCs are wirelessly connected. NAS cable connection to router. Network classified as private in PCs (with Norton). Resources on the NAS can be accessed from both PCs, ie the network adress...