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To back up your Windows computer:
1. Connect a USB or eSATA storage device to the appropriate port on the modem router.
2. If your USB device uses a power supply, connect it.
You must use the power supply when you connect the USB device to the modem router.
When you connect the storage device to the modem router’s port, it might take up to two minutes before it is
ready for sharing. By default, the device is available to all computers on your local area network (LAN).
3. Download ReadySHARE Vault from netgear.com/readyshare and install it on each Windows computer.
4. Launch ReadySHARE Vault.
5. Use the dashboard or the Backup tab to set up and run your backup.
Back Up Mac Computers With Time Machine
You can use Time Machine to back up your Mac computers onto a USB hard drive that is connected to one of the
router’s USB ports or an eSATA storage device connected to the router’s eSATA port.You can access the connected
storage device from your Mac with a wired or WiFi connection to your router.
Set Up a Storage Device on a Mac
We recommend that you use a new USB HDD or eSATA storage device, or format your old USB HDD or eSATA
storage device to do the Time Machine backup for the first time. Use a blank partition to prevent some issues during
backup using Time Machine. The modem router supports GUID or MBR partitions.
To format your device and specify partitions:
1. Connect a USB or eSATA storage device to your Mac.
2. If your USB device uses a power supply, connect it.
You must use the power supply when you connect the USB device to the Mac.
3. On your Mac, go to Spotlight (or the magnifying glass) at the top right of the page and search for Disk Utility.
4. Open the Disk Utility, select your USB HDD or eSATA storage device, click the Erase tab, and click the Erase
button.
5. Click the Partition tab.
6. In the Partition Layout menu, set the number of partitions that you want to use.
7. Click the Options button.
The Partition schemes display.
8. Select the GUID Partition Table or Master Boot Record radio button.
9. In the Format menu, select Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
Share a Storage Device
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