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Iomega IX2-200 NAS drive not available in Windows 10 Explorer

Anonymous
2019-01-26T10:13:26+00:00

I have been looking on the web for Windows 10 drivers for my iomega ix2-200 (2TB) drive for weeks, but all I get are sites offering "free" software to check drivers and then I need to get my credit card out to really make those tools work, even found some scams which install backdoors or worse. No site offers a new driver. Does it even exist?

If such a driver for Windows 10 does not exist, I have two options:

  1. Reverting all our PC's to older versions of Windows (hell of a job, but we need to easily access data on those drives)
  2. Buying a new NAS and putting both drives from the old one in a new NAS

Option 1 is getting increasingly interesting as I notice more software and hardware not working and I am strongly against destroying and throwing away hardware or software which works perfectly, just because it is (only) a few years old!

Option 2 is a big questionmark: Can I take the drives out and put them in a new NAS? Will they be recognised and useable?

If a driver exists for Windows 10, that would solve all problems, so if anyone knows a trustworthy(!) source for such a driver, please let me know! Otherwise an answer on option2 would be appreciated.

PS: Circular economy and using old and/or refurbished hardware is hot, as we are eating up Earth resources at a staggering rate. I am surprised giants like Microsoft and others do not offer that, as they are the ones who are constantly selling us millions of new things which do not accept old things being connected. Just throw them away and buy new ones is the adagio apparently.

Looking forward to an interesting and to-the-point answer,

Emmanuel

PPS: Strangely enough Windows Mediaplayer does recognise the drive and the media libraries (PVconnect), so why can't Explorer access the drives and other libraries/folders?

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-01-27T09:16:31+00:00

    Sorry Emmanuel,

    please forget my previous answer as this is only for the server part and not for the client.

    But you should be able to add CIFS1.0 support by hitting windows-key + R on your keyboard and typing in "optionalfeatures".

    This should bring you to the "add/remove windosws-features" section where you can activate "SMB1.0/CIFS File SharingSupport"

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-01-27T10:55:42+00:00

    Sorry Emmanuel,

    please forget my previous answer as this is only for the server part and not for the client.

    But you should be able to add CIFS1.0 support by hitting windows-key + R on your keyboard and typing in "optionalfeatures".

    This should bring you to the "add/remove windosws-features" section where you can activate "SMB1.0/CIFS File SharingSupport"

    Stefan, Thank you!!!

    Working like a charm, we can finally access all data!

    Let me know if I can do something for you.

    Kind regards,

    Emmanuel

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-01-27T09:08:53+00:00

    Hi Emmanuel,

    please try the follwoing:

    Right klick on your windows start button and choose Windows Powershell (Administrator)

    Type in

    Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters" SMB1 -Type DWORD -Value 1 –Force

    and reboot your computer

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-01-27T07:51:20+00:00

    Hello EGruijs, as this is a "Network Attached Storage" you do not need to install drivers to access it. The NAS just needs a valid network configururation which it may have as your media player is able to see it. You can access the NAS by browser by hitting the Windows-KEY+R on your keyboard and typing in two backslashes followed by the IP-Address or network name of your NAS \\IP-ADDRESS. But it also should show up under the "Network" Tab of the explorer.

    Hello Stefan,

    Thank you for your answer. Unfortunately, Windows 10 says the drive requires the obsolete SMB1 protocol and as Iomega does not exist anymore, getting an upgrade to SMB2 is not possible.

    I tried mapping the drive, but same result.

    Kind regards,

    Emmanuel

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-01-26T11:36:58+00:00

    Hello EGruijs, as this is a "Network Attached Storage" you do not need to install drivers to access it. The NAS just needs a valid network configururation which it may have as your media player is able to see it. You can access the NAS by browser by hitting the Windows-KEY+R on your keyboard and typing in two backslashes followed by the IP-Address or network name of your NAS \\IP-ADDRESS. But it also should show up under the "Network" Tab of the explorer.

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