Windows 10 doesn't see NAS drive

Kido

For some unknown reason I can no longer get windows to recognise my NAS drive as a computer. I can access it via the web, and I can access it on my Iphone but Windows no longer sees it as a computer. It does however see it as a storage device. I've got network sharing turned on. I can't think of anything that's different except I've moved the network equipment round the room.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can try to enable me to use it as an external HDD again.

Thanks.

alan_d

Can you get to it by specifying it's IP address?
EG, if it's 192.168.1.100:

Start
(type) run
(type) 192.168.1.100

This should show it's shared folders...

Kido

I can access the UI interface be using http://192.168.1.133/UI/ and also I can access the files by using the web address. Also I can't see the other computer on the network and it can't see this one.

If it's any use I'm using a Linksys EA9500 router which is wired via Ethernet to the NAS drive and the 2 computers are on WIFI.

Neil_Jones

Any firewalls on the computer? That's the usual thing that blocks NAS devices. The fact you can get to the NAS at its 1.133 address says it can be seen.

alan_d

Rather than expecting the computer to automatically detect it (which sounds like it isn't working) try specifying the IP into the run box.
I realised an error on my earlier post, so try this (with you IP this time):

Start
(type) run
(type) \\192.168.1.133\

This should show it's shared folders...

Kido

Thanks. That's worked.

alan_d

Kido wrote: »

Thanks. That's worked.

Good. Now it has, it *may* appear in the network places that Windows finds.

fenlander_uk

I find that it always (so far) works if you specify the device name in your file manager. Eg. for a device called "MYNAS" enter:
\\MYNAS
as the address. This should list all the shares on that device. You could also enter:
\\MYNAS\sharename
to connect to a specific share. Then you can map a drive as appropriate or (if you're using a suitable file manager) set it as a bookmark or favourite.

I've found Windows 10 Home to be quite good at finding network resources while W10 Pro can be a pig. However, once you've 'introduced' your system to a shared device, it usually finds it OK in the future.

unforeseen

Look in Windows features and ensure that SMB 1/CIFS File sharing support is enabled