Setup Time Machine

Can I use airport extreme base station 54Mbps as server/router for time machine wireless B/U of Macbook Pro? Or must I buy Time Capsule?

The older "b/g" version of the AirPort Extreme that you have will not support a hard drive if try to connect it to the USB port on the Extreme, so that will not work for Time Machine backups.
If you were planning to connect a hard drive using an Ethernet connection to the AirPort Extreme, that might be a possibility, but the 54 Mbps capability of your wireless network is going to mean very, very slow backups if you were planning to use wireless.

Similar Messages

  • I deleted a contact from my phone and it synced with all my other devices including my Mac. However, I have setup time machine and have many previous backups. Can I open or use a file in back ups to get my contact back? Where and which one? Thanks!

    Its all in the question.
    I have backups from months ago.
    And ICLOUD deleted my contact from others devices.

    Bring the Contacts window forward, then enter Time Machine and scroll back to a snapshot that includes the contacts you want to restore. Select the contacts and click the Restore button in the lower right corner of the screen.
    If you don't have a Time Machine backup, but your contacts are all on iCloud and haven't been overwritten, then you can recover them by following the instructions on this page. Double-click the downloaded file to import it into Contacts. This procedure will not work if you've synced an empty Contacts database to iCloud.

  • Setup Time Machine Backup To Multiple Devices

    I currently have a Time Capsule and I let Time Machine run it's regular back ups. What would I have to do if I wanted to run a manual backup once a month to another drive/device? Can this be done, or would I need to use another backup program/method to do a monthly backup to another device/drive?
    I know that Time Machine does a monthly, I'd just like have a 2nd backup. Thanks!

    Mike72677 wrote:
    I currently have a Time Capsule and I let Time Machine run it's regular back ups. What would I have to do if I wanted to run a manual backup once a month to another drive/device? Can this be done, or would I need to use another backup program/method to do a monthly backup to another device/drive?
    All you have to do is format the other drive properly, then go to TM Preferences > Change Disk and select the alternate. The first backup to it will be a full one, of course, so quite lengthy.
    Then to switch back to the TC, just use +Change Disk+ again. The only caution is, if you go several days (over 10) between backups on the alternate, TM may, depending on the volume of changes, do another full backup the next time.
    Both sets of backups will be independent and complete, but have different "snapshots" of your system.
    I know that Time Machine does a monthly, I'd just like have a 2nd backup. Thanks!
    That's not exactly true. TM does hourly backups, then "thins" them out, keeping one per week as long as there's room; the first of each day for a month; all others for 24 hours. But they're all done in exactly the same way, and each is a full picture of your system.
    An alternative, that many of us do, is to make a full "bootable clone" with CarbonCopyCloner, SuperDuper! or the like, in addition to full TM backups. These have advantages and disadvantages vs. Time Machine, and for those of us who think that Murphy was an optimist, it's always good to have a second, independent backup. It's a bit safer to use a separate disk for these, but you can also use a separate partition on the same disk.
    One thing you might consider is getting a portable external for the "clone," and taking it to your safe deposit box, workplace, relative's house, etc., so you're also protected from fire, flood, theft, direct lightning strike, etc.

  • How to setup Time Machine on 2 drives in 2 different locations

    I back up on 2 different drives in 2 different locations. Time Machine only remembers 1 drive so every time I go home I have to open TM pref and switch drives to backup to. Is there a way to get TM to remember the settings for both drives and make it a plug and play backup?

    the following method was proposed by biovizier on this forum and it seemed to work when I tried it. you can try it and see if it works.
    First, give both backup drives the same name. then enable showing hidden files in finder. you can do this using Tinkertool or using the following terminal command
    defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE; killall Finder
    then open the TM drive at home in finder. there will be a file at its top level with the name like .001d4f56a01d. Copy this file to the main disk, go to the other location and move this file to the other TM drive.
    You'll have to authenticate with your admin password to do this. then unplug and replug the TM drive and
    see if TM backups work without reselecting the drive.
    you also might have to change the ownership on that file - I'm not completely sure about that.

  • Can not use my external driver to setup Time Machine

    I just bought a new mobile external driver and I planned to use this for Time Machine back of my Macbook Pro. However I got the following error message when I set up the Time Machine:
    There was an error erasing the Time Machine backup disk
    Is there anybody can help me about this problem?
    Thanks

    Thanks very much for everybody's help in this matter. I have done all the process again exactly the same as the steps above. However after the wait for some time, I got the following errors:
    2010-07-04 21:32:42 +0800: Preparing to partition disk: “Initio MK4006GAL Media”
    2010-07-04 21:32:42 +0800: Partition Scheme: GUID Partition Table
    2010-07-04 21:32:42 +0800: 1 partition will be created
    2010-07-04 21:32:42 +0800:
    2010-07-04 21:32:42 +0800: Partition 1
    2010-07-04 21:32:42 +0800: Name : “Untitled 1”
    2010-07-04 21:32:42 +0800: Size : 40.01 GB
    2010-07-04 21:32:42 +0800: Filesystem : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
    2010-07-04 21:32:42 +0800:
    2010-07-04 21:32:43 +0800: Unmounting disk
    2010-07-04 21:32:43 +0800: Creating partition map
    2010-07-04 21:32:43 +0800: Waiting for disks to reappear
    2010-07-04 21:32:43 +0800: Formatting disk1s2 as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with name Untitled 1
    2010-07-04 21:36:30 +0800: Partition failed for disk (null) File system formatter failed
    2010-07-04 21:36:30 +0800: Partition complete.

  • Allow non-admins to setup Time Machine?

    I have 850 managed client computers that are all non-admin users. Some of the clients would like to use time machine to backup their data to external drives at home. When they go to set this up they are prompted for a admin password. Is there a way of setting up these computers to not prompt for a admin password when setting up Time Machine? Maybe in the /etc/authorization?

    I was able to figure this out. 
    first I navigated in the registry to HKLM\System\CurrentcontrolSet\Services  Here it lists each service name.  I copied the 'display name' of the service from the services.msc console and did a find on this registry key and found the name of the
    service.  Then I was able to run this command.
    sc sdset [service name] D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;IU)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;SU)(A;;RPWPDTLO;;;RD)S:(AU;FA;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;WD)
    When performing the command sc sdshow [service name] I received this.  D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;IU)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;SU)S:(AU;FA;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;WD)
    What i added is what allowed the Remote desktop usrs group to get start/stop/pause/resume access.
    sc sdset [service name] D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;IU)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;SU)(A;;RPWPDTLO;;;RD)S:(AU;FA;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;WD)
    Zach Smith

  • New motherboard and battery re-setup TIME MACHINE issue

    i am trying to run a time machine backup after having gotten a new motherboard and a new battery at mac repair and this time machine prompt is confusing me. does anyone know what it means and what i should do with it?

    ai. i am feeling very stupid today or i am dealing with too many computer issues.
    i have a new motherboard which means it thinks i have a new machine. from the url it appears that /adding/ backups to the existing backups is not possible?
    i mean, the last two paragraphs here are very confusing. is my case the first case or the second case or do i have an option here?
    "If you are replacing an old Mac with a new one, and want the new one to use the backups from the old computer, click Inherit Backup.
    If you plan to continue to use your old computer, click Create New Backup to preserve the old computer’s backup history and start separate backups for the new computer.
    i am supposed to click "inherit backup history" even though "create new backup" preserves the old computer's backup history?
    for some reason i am not understanding the options here but i THINK i want to try and retain any files that may have been changed or accidentally deleted on the computer so i can go back and retrieve them (if this is possible of course).  AND if it isn't possible shouldn't i be wiping the drive clean and starting again??
    THANKS

  • Time Machine, Airport Express n and DSL router combo setup

    I'm having difficulty with this setup. I have a dsl modem/router combo that I got from my isp. What I would like to do is use the time machine in conjunction with the express to broaden the wireless signal in my house.
    So the dsl line runs into the modem router. The modem/router is running dhcp and is connected to the time machine via an ethernet port to the time machine's wan port. I would like the time machine to serve the wireless for the house in conjunction with the express.
    I setup the time machine via the setup assistant and it appears to work ok. How do I configure the express so that it is extending the range of the time capsule wirelessly?
    thanks

    remraf12, welcome to the discussions!
    When you mention that you setup Time Machine to create a wireless network, I assume that you meant to say that you have a Time Capsule. Is that correct?
    If so, open Airport Utility and click on Manual Setup
    Select the Wireless Tab just below the row of icons at the top of pane to select the Wireless settings page.
    Make sure that there is a check mark next to "Allow this network to be extended" and click Update to save your changes.
    I also assume that you have a newer AirPort Express that is capable of "n" speeds.
    You would also use AirPort Utility to setup the Express to "Extend a wireless network" in the Wireless Mode setting. The Express should find your wireless network and ask you for the password so that it can extend the wireless network created by the Time Capsule.

  • Forgot password to access my Airport Time Capsule, can't restore Time Machine backup

    It is stupid, I know, but after the first time I setup Time Machine in my Airport Time Capsule (6 months ago) i never had to use the password because it stayed stored in my Keychain.
    Anyway, couple days ago I had to format the hard drive of my MacBook Pro and I did it thinking that I had a complete data backup stored in my Airport Time Capsule (encrypted data). It was late when I realized that I did not have the password written/stored anywhere. Nothing to do about it, just move on and start all over again.
    I need to clean up my Airport Time Capsule and set it to factory default. I already accepted that I will lose all my data and it is okay. So far all I found was how to reset the wifi user/password but nothing about deleting stored data or reset to factory default without having the encrypted password. Can you please help me? Thanks in advance!  

    The encrypted data is not related to the Time Capsule.. that is purely Time Machine.
    Very sorry for you.. it is one big danger when you encrypt.
    Reset to factory.
    Factory reset universal
    Power off the TC.. ie pull the power cord or power off at the wall.. wait 10sec.. hold in the reset button.. be gentle.. power on again still holding in reset.. and keep holding it in for another 10sec. You may need some help as it is hard to both hold in reset and apply power. It will show success by rapidly blinking the front led. Release the reset.. and wait a couple of min for the TC to reset and come back with factory settings. If the front LED doesn’t blink rapidly you missed it and simply try again. The reset is fairly fragile in these.. press it so you feel it just click and no more.. I have seen people bend the lever or even break it. I use a toothpick as tool.
    N.B. None of your files on the hard disk of the TC are deleted.. this simply clears out the router settings of the TC.
    Wipe the hard disk. Open the airport utility go to the disk tab. Click on erase disk.
    Select just quick erase.. it just deletes the file table and is not secure but fine for your purposes.

  • No privilages to restore file from time machine

    After selecting a file to restore from time machine.
    it comes back with an error stating "You don't have privilages to access this file."
    I am the only user and setup Time Machine under my user.
    Any suggestions would be appreciated.
    Thanks

    http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Home.html

  • My external drive is not showing up on my time machine backup.

    I have two external drives, one for Time Machine and one for some of my media. I've setup time machine to backup both my internal drive and my external media drive; however, when I enter time machine I do not see the backups for the external drive. Am I doing something wrong? I have TM routed to back up both the external media drive and the internal drive, but it just doesn't turn-up in backups. There's enough space on the disks. Thanks.

    Maybe this will help.
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/23058291#23058291

  • Time Machine disk no longer visible

    I recently had to restore my iMac from a time machine backup as I had my hard drive replaced. (Running OS X 10.8.2)
    Since doing this I have been unable to do any new backups. The time machine drive would mount briefly then unmount and I would get a notice saying the backup had failed.
    After attempting a number of times and methods I turned off time machine and de-selected my backup disk. Now however my backup disk does not appear in the list of availalbe drives even if `i mount it first (although when I mount it manuualy I can explore the existing backups through the "Browse other backup disks" option in the menu).
    My backup disk is hosted by an old iBook running Os X 10.5.8. I have another machine, running the same OS version as My iMac, backing up to the same disk without issue.
    Any help would be very much appreciated.

    Deanoy2k wrote:
    With what message?  If you don't remember, use the widget in #A1 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting to display the backup messages from your logs.  Locate the backup in question, then copy and post all the messages here.
    I'm afraid I dont remember exactly and can no longer get it to mount at all now that the drive has disapeared from the list of drives when I try an setup time machine again.
    It doesn't matter whether the disk is mounted or not -- the log files are on your internal HD. 
    It sounds like the backups may be corrupted.  See if you can repair them, per #A5 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
    I have already done this and it did find some errors. No change in the situation though.
    Did it repair everything (did a message saying the disk "appears to be ok" in green appear at the end?  If not, run it again. 
    It sounds like you backed-up over your network, to the external HD connected to your iBook.  In that case, the backups for your iMac are in a sparse bundle disk image on the external HD.  That's what you need to repair.  See the A Shared drive connection to another Mac section in #A5 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting.

  • Time Machine doesnt see my USB drive, connected to Airport extreme =(

    Hello,
    I've been trying to figure this one out for almost 3 weeks now, but with no luck. I have a usb hard drive, connected to airport extreme. I've clicked on "setup time machine", select "choose disk", there is no disk to select. So I click on the "set up time capsule, it takes me to airport utility. I then click on the "disk" button and file sharing is enabled.
    I can mount the disk through the finder, just fine and able to transfer files back and forth, however time machine cant seem to pick up the drive. Would love to be able to use time machine to do backups, So can someone please help?
    osx 10.5.5 with airport utility 5.3.2
    Thanks in advance!

    Well this has worked for me. I have a Freecom 500Gb usb hard Drive connected through an unpowered 4-way USBhub to an Airport Extreme Base station. After mounting the Air Disk hard drive on my powerbook, I then dragged the disk to my user folder, thereby creating an alias. I have put that alias in my login items and now TimeMachine works beautifully. I've repeated it on a Mac Mini (also using OSX 10.5.5) and that seems to be fine too. Admittedly the back-ups take a long time over airport, but fine via Ethernet.
    Good luck everyone who struggles with this.
    David

  • How do I Access purple backups from external hard drive for Time Machine

    My hard drive crashed and I installed a new one.
    Did internet recovery and upgraded to my previous OS.
    I am trying to get my data but the backup is purple that I need and I cannot access it.
    How do I do this.
    Also if I did something wrong, how do I setup Time machine to restore my whole system and set it up so the backups are accessible instead of purple.
    Thanks in advance.
    I am using Mavericks
    External hd connected with USB

    donavonknight 
    Very impressive that it is that easy but trying to get my data is a pain.
    Time Machine is a  backup of your computer SYSTEM,  not idealized as a data archive.
    Consider other options for the future  >
    Data Storage Platforms; their Drawbacks & Advantages
    #1. Time Machine / Time Capsule
    Drawbacks:
    1. Time Machine is not bootable, if your internal drive fails, you cannot access files or boot from TM directly from the dead computer.
    2. Time machine is controlled by complex software, and while you can delve into the TM backup database for specific file(s) extraction, this is not ideal or desirable.
    3. Time machine can and does have the potential for many error codes in which data corruption can occur and your important backup files may not be saved correctly, at all, or even damaged. This extra link of failure in placing software between your data and its recovery is a point of risk and failure. A HD clone is not subject to these errors.
    4. Time machine mirrors your internal HD, in which cases of data corruption, this corruption can immediately spread to the backup as the two are linked. TM is perpetually connected (or often) to your computer, and corruption spread to corruption, without isolation, which TM lacks (usually), migrating errors or corruption is either automatic or extremely easy to unwittingly do.
    5. Time Machine does not keep endless copies of changed or deleted data, and you are often not notified when it deletes them; likewise you may accidently delete files off your computer and this accident is mirrored on TM.
    6. Restoring from TM is quite time intensive.
    7. TM is a backup and not a data archive, and therefore by definition a low-level security of vital/important data.
    8. TM working premise is a “black box” backup of OS, APPS, settings, and vital data that nearly 100% of users never verify until an emergency hits or their computers internal SSD or HD that is corrupt or dead and this is an extremely bad working premise on vital data.
    9. Given that data created and stored is growing exponentially, the fact that TM operates as a “store-it-all” backup nexus makes TM inherently incapable to easily backup massive amounts of data, nor is doing so a good idea.
    10. TM working premise is a backup of a users system and active working data, and NOT massive amounts of static data, yet most users never take this into consideration, making TM a high-risk locus of data “bloat”.
    11. TM like all HD-based data is subject to ferromagnetic and mechanical failure.
    12. *Level-1 security of your vital data.
    Advantages:
    1. TM is very easy to use either in automatic mode or in 1-click backups.
    2. TM is a perfect novice level simplex backup single-layer security save against internal HD failure or corruption.
    3. TM can easily provide a seamless no-gap policy of active data that is often not easily capable in HD clones or HD archives (only if the user is lazy is making data saves).
    #2. HD archives
    Drawbacks:
    1. Like all HD-based data is subject to ferromagnetic and mechanical failure.
    2. Unless the user ritually copies working active data to HD external archives, then there is a time-gap of potential missing data; as such users must be proactive in archiving data that is being worked on or recently saved or created.
    Advantages:
    1. Fills the gap left in a week or 2-week-old HD clone, as an example.
    2. Simplex no-software data storage that is isolated and autonomous from the computer (in most cases).
    3. HD archives are the best idealized storage source for storing huge and multi-terabytes of data.
    4. Best-idealized 1st platform redundancy for data protection.
    5. *Perfect primary tier and level-2 security of your vital data.
    #3. HD clones (see below for full advantages / drawbacks)
    Drawbacks:
    1. HD clones can be incrementally updated to hourly or daily, however this is time consuming and HD clones are, often, a week or more old, in which case data between today and the most fresh HD clone can and would be lost (however this gap is filled by use of HD archives listed above or by a TM backup).
    2. Like all HD-based data is subject to ferromagnetic and mechanical failure.
    Advantages:
    1. HD clones are the best, quickest way to get back to 100% full operation in mere seconds.
    2. Once a HD clone is created, the creation software (Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper) is no longer needed whatsoever, and unlike TM, which requires complex software for its operational transference of data, a HD clone is its own bootable entity.
    3. HD clones are unconnected and isolated from recent corruption.
    4. HD clones allow a “portable copy” of your computer that you can likewise connect to another same Mac and have all your APPS and data at hand, which is extremely useful.
    5. Rather than, as many users do, thinking of a HD clone as a “complimentary backup” to the use of TM, a HD clone is superior to TM both in ease of returning to 100% quickly, and its autonomous nature; while each has its place, TM can and does fill the gap in, say, a 2 week old clone. As an analogy, the HD clone itself is the brick wall of protection, whereas TM can be thought of as the mortar, which will fill any cracks in data on a week, 2-week, or 1-month old HD clone.
    6. Best-idealized 2nd platform redundancy for data protection, and 1st level for system restore of your computers internal HD. (Time machine being 2nd level for system restore of the computer’s internal HD).
    7. *Level-2 security of your vital data.
    #4. Online archives
    Drawbacks:
    1. Subject to server failure or due to non-payment of your hosting account, it can be suspended.
    2. Subject, due to lack of security on your part, to being attacked and hacked/erased.
    Advantages:
    1. In case of house fire, etc. your data is safe.
    2. In travels, and propagating files to friends and likewise, a mere link by email is all that is needed and no large media needs to be sent across the net.
    3. Online archives are the perfect and best-idealized 3rd platform redundancy for data protection.
    4. Supremely useful in data isolation from backups and local archives in being online and offsite for long-distance security in isolation.
    5. *Level-1.5 security of your vital data.
    #5. DVD professional archival media
    Drawbacks:
    1. DVD single-layer disks are limited to 4.7Gigabytes of data.
    2. DVD media are, given rough handling, prone to scratches and light-degradation if not stored correctly.
    Advantages:
    1. Archival DVD professional blank media is rated for in excess of 100+ years.
    2. DVD is not subject to mechanical breakdown.
    3. DVD archival media is not subject to ferromagnetic degradation.
    4. DVD archival media correctly sleeved and stored is currently a supreme storage method of archiving vital data.
    5. DVD media is once written and therefore free of data corruption if the write is correct.
    6. DVD media is the perfect ideal for “freezing” and isolating old copies of data for reference in case newer generations of data become corrupted and an older copy is needed to revert to.
    7. Best-idealized 4th platform redundancy for data protection.
    8. *Level-3 (highest) security of your vital data. 
    [*Level-4 data security under development as once-written metallic plates and synthetic sapphire and likewise ultra-long-term data storage]

  • Time Machine running on Linksys WRT600n with external drive.

    Hey Folks,
    After searching the internet for the answer on how to setup OS X Time Machine on my Linksys WRT600n with storage link, and finding nothing or only parts of what I needed, I finally got it to work. Hopefully this will help you in your setup.(this should work for any linksys routers with storage link.)
    1) First you will need to attach your external USB drive to the Linksys Router, and format it using the linksys utility. This will format the drive as fat32 so it can be access by the mac and the router.
    2) You now need to create a share on the drive using the Linksys utility (I called mine "TimeMachine") and grant R&W permission to it. I found and article that said you have to create a group called "root" and a user called "root" within that group, then grant the group R&W access to you share. I did this but I am not sure if its required. you may be able to edit the default "admin" account.
    3) Once you have the share created you should be able to access the share from your mac by logging into it using your (Linksys) "root" account and password. Make sure you can save a file here. You maybe able to create a folder but make sure you can save a file (.doc for example).
    4) Apple has blocked the use of unsupported drives in Time machine so you will have to make a change for this to work. open a terminal window and type the following in one line:
    defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1
    Hit enter, and close terminal.
    5) For some reason Time Machine will have issues creating the .sparse bundle Disk required for the backup over the network. So you will have to create it yourself. Safely unplug the USB drive from the router and plug it into your mac. Open disk utility (applications > utilities > disk utility) and create one the same size as your external drive.
    parameters:
    - Volume name: "Time Machine" (has to be this to work)
    - Mac OS Extended (Journaled);
    - No partition map
    - sparse bundle disk image
    Make sure the sparse bundle is in the share folder. If Time Machine had created this sparse bundle it would named it after your machine. You will have to rename it accordingly. This is the required format 'computername'_'mac address without colons'.sparsebundle
    (eg. "joe's MacBook Pro_000000000000.sparsebundle")
    6) Once all the above is complete you can reattach the drive to the router, and attach to the share again from your mac. Open Time Machine and you should see your share. Setup Time Machine to use this drive. You may want to be connected using Ethernet for the first backup as it may take a while.
    I have found the wireless backup to take a bit of time to prepare and run but it seams to work nonetheless. The slowness could be caused by the difference in mac addresses from wired to wireless. So you may want to change the sparse bundle file name depending on how you are accessing time machine.
    Hopefully this will work for you as it did for me.

    I am afraid I have to pour some cold water on your enthusiasm.
    Yes, what you say can get TimeMachine working, but there is a nasty snag:
    WRT600N uses FAT32 for its external harddrives and (regretably) understands nothing else. FAT32 has two restrictions:
    1) Maximum file size is 4GB
    2) (a lesser-known one) Maximum number of files in a directory of 65,535.
    The first restriction isn't really a problem because Time Machine organizes its data in 8MB "bands", which are files within your sparsebundle directory.
    The second restriction, however, will cause Time Machine to eventually hit a brick wall: The sparsebundle bands are given a sequence number in hexadecimal and there isn't really a limit to how many you can have. If you run Time Machine on a large harddrive attached to the WRT600N, you will eventually run into a situation where you are hitting the 65,535-files-in-a-directory limit. Time Machine will, therefore, run for a while and then suddenly fail for no apparent reason.
    Given the parameters of Time Machine, you can't run Time Machine reliably on a WRT600N with an external harddrive larger than 8MB * 65535 = 512GB. If that's good enough for you, then great. If not, you can do one of two things:
    1) Get something that doesn't format its harddrive in FAT32. 
    2) Install DD-WRT on your router (thus voiding its warranty), fight with it for a while in order to get SAMBA running on it, and gain the ability to format your harddrive in Ext2.
     I hope this helps somebody.

Maybe you are looking for