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Read TNAS ext4 drive on a pc?
Posted: 26 Aug 2022, 23:58
by geoffs
I saw another post, but it was locked without an answer.
How do I read a TNAS ext4 formated drive that is pulled with a PC? Windows/linux/etc?
Re: Read TNAS ext4 drive on a pc?
Posted: 23 Oct 2022, 08:26
by vbsweb-2203
Better to use (exFAT) to insure works and nearly all OS... It was designed especially for (External USB)... to replace FAT32...
Re: Read TNAS ext4 drive on a pc?
Posted: 23 Oct 2022, 16:46
by crisisacting
geoffs wrote: ↑26 Aug 2022, 23:58
I saw another post, but it was locked without an answer.
How do I read a TNAS ext4 formated drive that is pulled with a PC? Windows/linux/etc?
Unless you install an application/driver to support the EXT file system in Windows, you'll need to use Linux.
If it's just for recovery purposes, download a distribution & make a USB drive to load into a live environment to do that.
You could also use a virtual machine, even within Windows, if your PC has virtualization capabilities (most CPUs do have this, however it may be disabled in UEFI/BIOS; you'd just need to passthrough that external HDD to that VM.