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Q: airport extreme hard drive sharing

When I plug a USB HDD into the AE, should I be able to see it appear in Windows Explorer?

I can't get it to appear.

Thanks.

AirPort Extreme 802.11n (5th Gen), Windows 7

Posted on Jun 11, 2012 10:37 PM

I have this question too

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When I plug a USB HDD into the AE, should I be able to see it appear in Windows Explorer?

A drive formatted in FAT32 or HFS+ at the AirPort Extreme will work. NTFS and exFAT will not work.

Please see this Apple support document for details:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1331

Posted on Jun 12, 2012 3:37 PM

Q: airport extreme hard drive sharing

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by PeterBreis0807,

PeterBreis0807 Jun 11, 2012 11:25 PM in response to Flabzilla
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Jun 11, 2012 11:25 PM in response to Flabzilla

It may be much like on the Mac. It only appears to the Mac that formats and sets it up, which then has to share it.

There is also the possibility that you have formatted it to HTFS+ which Windows can't read.

Peter
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Flabzilla Jun 11, 2012 11:35 PM in response to PeterBreis0807
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Jun 11, 2012 11:35 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

I did try to reformat; it was NTFS and the help file said FAT32. The closest option I could find was exFAT but that didn't work either.

Thanks for the reply.
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by HACKINT0SH,

HACKINT0SH Jun 12, 2012 3:00 PM in response to Flabzilla
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Jun 12, 2012 3:00 PM in response to Flabzilla

In explorer, try to type \\express-name
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by Bob Timmons,Solvedanswer

Bob Timmons Jun 12, 2012 3:37 PM in response to Flabzilla
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Jun 12, 2012 3:37 PM in response to Flabzilla

When I plug a USB HDD into the AE, should I be able to see it appear in Windows Explorer?
A drive formatted in FAT32 or HFS+ at the AirPort Extreme will work. NTFS and exFAT will not work.

Please see this Apple support document for details:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1331
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by Flabzilla,

Flabzilla Jun 12, 2012 6:20 PM in response to Bob Timmons
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Jun 12, 2012 6:20 PM in response to Bob Timmons

Fixed.

I had to find a utility to do the FAT32 format since W7 wouldn't, but then the AE found the drive straight off.

Thanks for your help people!

Flabzilla.
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by HACKINT0SH,

HACKINT0SH Jun 13, 2012 8:16 AM in response to HACKINT0SH
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Jun 13, 2012 8:16 AM in response to HACKINT0SH

HACKINT0SH wrote:

In explorer, try to type \\express-name
Whooops! Express = Extreme.

Another 3 a.m. post obviously...
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