Iomega Home Media 1 TB Network Attached Storage 34337 pingable but unavailable

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03226612.pdf

The full instruction manual.

once you have renamed a corrupt file , all your data will be forever lost, no way to retrieve them, unless you have back up copies of those files.

For me, is a very bad option for buy. Very buggiest, slow and dangerous to use for your backups

you have two options:

1) Install the Iomega management software and it will detect the connected storage at your network automatically, then you will be able to view the IP address
2) connect to your router management console and check the connected devices; if your network is not huge you will be able to locate the device easily

make sure you have the Lenovo storage manager software installed. Make sure you can see the device from the storage manager and all the shares. Once this populates you can then see the shares in quickprotect. I believe quick protect polls Storage manager rather than the actual network.

Simple type the Ip address of the NAS Drive in the RUN window of your windows pc and hit enter.
Now all the shares appears right click the Share u wish to MAP and select MAP network drive.
That is it.
eg:in run type \\192.168.10.177 then replace the 192.168.10.77 with your address.

you have to initilize the disk in disk management utility, heres how (windows XP)

1. Click on Start and then Control Panel.
   
2. Click on the Performance and Maintenance link.
   Note: If you're viewing the Classic View of Control Panel, you won't see this link. Just double-click on the Administrative Tools icon and skip to Step 4.
   
3. In the Performance and Maintenance window, click on the Administrative Tools link located under the or pick a Control Panel icon heading near the bottom of the window.
   
4. In the Administrative Tools window, double-click on Computer Management.
   
5. When Computer Management opens, click on Disk Management on the left.
   In a few seconds, Disk Management will load on the right side of the Computer Management window.
   Note: If you don't see Disk Management listed, you may need to click on the + icon to the left of Storage to expand the option.
   
6. You can now format a hard drive, change a drive's letter, partition a hard drive, or do whatever else you need to do in Windows XP's Disk Management tool.
   

Make sure you are at least using a CAT 5 cable with your device. You will want to do a couple things as well. Give your device a static IP address (manually configure the IP) from withing the devices interface (login to your device, System tab on the left and Network tab on the right). Next go to your folders you are wanting to share and click the DLNA button that corresponds with the folder you are wanting your media server to share out. You should be good to go.

The drive will not update itself automatically. You will have to download the firmware update and update it yourself. You may also want to get the latest Manager software that is Windows 7 compatible.

Firmware Version 2.064: https://iomega-na-en.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/iomega_na_en.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=21149
Iomega Home Storage Manager (Windows) https://iomega-na-en.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/iomega_na_en.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=21688
The blue indicator light is the Drive Capacity LED - Displays drive capacity information without logging into the administration tool.
a) Off: Drive is below 70% full. b) Flashing blue: Device busy. Drive Starting up or shutting down. c) Solid blue: Warning! Drive is over 70% full. d) Solid orange: Caution! Drive is over 85% full. e) Flashing orange: Critical! Drive is over 95% full. f) Alternating Blue/yellow: DHCP Server Unavailable. Your Home Media Network Hard Drive was not able to get an IP address. Check the network connections and router settings.
The white indicator light is the Status/Activity LED - Indicates the Home Media Drive's power and drive activity status.
a) Solid white: Drive powered up and ready. b) Flashing white: Drive in use, transferring data (reading / writing). c) Solid red: Drive not ready/Drive Failure. d) Alternating white/red: Boot device not found.

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