NAS Drive Not Showing in Windows Fix

[@Britec09]

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[@mrmatt6451]

Thank you sir. I recently had to replace my laptop and W11 was another gem of hidden mysteries like this one. Yes my NAS is older and being a non IT person, I'd never have figured this out despite my numerous searches. It was the SMB settings in windows features at 9:00 that fixed it...and didn't need to restart my server. Poor job of understanding the customer and house of quality by MS.

[@charlesbennett2586]

Never underestimate the value of a router restart. I spent the best part of a day going through as many gyrations as I could. Was irritated I couldn't run group policy editor. I dug and dug and dug...device was visible on every device in the house except my laptop. Almost made a pay-support call to Dell.....for my episode, a router reboot did the trick. Don't know why, but I'll not argue/debate the success. It might be worth a try before all the registry editing, etc........good luck.

[@Britec09]

Totally agree, that's why IT support always say if you shut down and restart your router

[@DavidM2002]

I'm willing to bet that you had your NAS set for a static IP address. And, your router assigned it a different IP address. When you rebooted the router, it accepted the NAS's static IP address.

[@DavidM2002]

One of the most common reasons that I've seen is mismatched IP addresses. I have seen quite a few NAS setup videos where the presenter suggests that the NAS be given a static IP address. However, the router will often assign a different IP address. This mismatch will results in the NAS being a no-show in Windows Explorer. I had a problem like this recently but it started with me creating a virtual machine in my NAS. I later deleted the VM but the virtual switch remained behind and that's where my problem was created. As soon as I deleted the virtual switch, I was able to reset my IP address to "Obtain from DHCP", my issues disappeared.

[@BorisChevreau]

it's always that one small setting you can't find that blocks everything weirdly. Thanks a lot for the thorough checklist, fixed !

[@GeorgeBP81]

DUDE! You saved me! For some reason the IP address of the NAS has changed I didn't have access to it for a few months now. I only saw it as a backup drive on the network. I finaly was able to acces it after using the assistant tool to find it and changing the printer settings on my network. TX for this! BIG WIN!

[@sammyjenkin]

I would like to point out that if you have set your NAS firewall to block all, you wont be able to access it. Be sure to allow the specific ports required for access.

[@ZZZer00]

I had the opposite of this, I could see NAS in Synology Assistant, browser connect and file explorer - but could not connect or map drives with the devices name. Checking all your settings it still would not connect or show. Restarted routers and computer, tried everything. The only resolution was to manually add the hostname of the IP in system32

[@jasondiaz8431]

Bro worked like a charm. I have 12 year old NAS Buffalo and it shut off after my network got taking out after a lighting strike. Fried my router (Cause Florida). Anyways I had pictures of my mother who passed away in 2021 that I can now retrieve. I cannot thank you enough. Please keep making videos like this.😀

[@bowser3535]

Can't find the SMB direct anywhere for some reason, any tips?

[@johngoard8272]

Brian you mentioned the network setting for private. Now I do not have a NAS and just have a few machines that I sometimes want to connect to each other ie a printer for example so what settings should I use for that purpose?

[@myriadcorp]

Finally! The damn Windows Features SMB is why I couldn't see the NAS. I have a really old Synology. I was ready to crush this PC. Thank you for returning sanity to me.

[@user-yl1xy5eg7b]

Same here. Except for the crushing bit...

[@miker8225]

I've recently spent a bit on a Synology DS220j and I can't see it via explorer/network. I can connect via domain name, but just isn't discoverable. Been through all these settings and still nothing, load of rubbish since my 8 year old NAS appears just fine.

[@gilabombin7548]

Amazing Video - Worked it like a charm for me too - being completely newbie to NAS and tech - this video is so much detailed in short time span -

[@rl2565]

Thanks very much. Having bought a new laptop I couldn’t access my DS214play. Not sure which but one of these changes has sorted it after hours of trying other things that didn’t work. Very grateful !

[@davetjuk2002]

Synology Assistant worked for my NAS which somehow I lost after upgrading to a 5G Router. Thank you very much for your help.

[@ShadowzGSD]

my NAS vanished a few days ago, didn't check any of these setting but luckily shutting down the NAS and PC's and then rebooting everything sorted it. Is it recommended to reboot the NAS every so often? probably been a year since i had last switched it off.

[@Britec09]

Yeah, that would be the first thing I would try.

[@Drottninggatan2017]

I also would recommend taking note of IP address to the NAS, and even make it a static IP address. Then you can reach it via your browser.

[@FarHaN9]

I have a dell optiplex 9020 in which i have installed adata su650 ssd but it randomly shows error Alert!Hard drive not found i have to turn it off and on two three times then it runs normally i want to ask why this is happening also i have checked the health of ssd it is 100% i dont know what to do please someone help me thank you

[@zeroturn7091]

My Diskstation doesn’t even show up under Network anymore in W10 or 11. I have to map drives using Synology Assistant, or use FTP software. I can still access the NAS through a browser. I’ll try the apply workaround.

[@mapthanh]

yeah, i flollowed your step , but its not work.. Cant find my NAS on the local network

[@SuperJamesus]

so iv followed this and your other videos. my NAS over ethernet only connects via file explorer if i turn off my windows wi-fi, with wi-fi on i get the 'can not find on network' error your other video covers. its driving me mad as i had always worked perfectly before. anyone with any ideas, id really appreachte it. thanks :) oh also in my ethernet network setting theres no option to change network from public to private anymore. there used to be. its all being very strange.

[@shazzy84]

You're amazing! Thank you for saving me valuable time. Def worth a subscribe and like!

[@Tokilainen]

Haha, i just left my computer for a while to do some other stuffs, came back to a paused 1:15 and got scared that I had intruders on my network hahahahaha

[@just.nobody]

For the algorithm. You're a lifesaver btw

[@CulturedThugPoster]

SMB 1.0 is no longer safe to use. It is disabled for a reason.

[@DavidSpringer1]

That is EXACTLY what he said.

[@infoclear1247]

You ROCK!!! Thanks.

[@user-yl1xy5eg7b]

He most soitonly does, Stanley, he most soitonly does!

[@NATANOJ1]

Thanks, helped a lot.

[@biking2cruze]

I’m tired of corpos trying to sell me cloud services, I want to use my own nas as a cloud service.

[@JOBT0]

👍-up/likes is always on to your great videos and tutorials. 👍 Thanks you so much.

[@BoomWahDis]

Always great contents.

[@Britec09]

Thanks

[@Romgenas]

Use OMV

[@ranjan1061]

Bruh do a video of best mouse settings

[@Britec09]

OK, sounds like a good video.

[@Rmm1722]

right

[@dusantomic9983]

No, it is not the same in Windows 10 so not very helpful!

[@user-yl1xy5eg7b]

Only this morning it's worked for me in Windows 10. The section on SMB 1.0 may be helpful. It's accessible from 'Programs and Features'; I then clicked on 'Turn Windows features on or off', and selected SMB 1.0/CIFS Automatic and SMB 1.0/CIFS Client. When I rebooted my NAS reappeared in the file manager. There is also the possibility that you have a mismatch between dynamic and static IP# in the various settings. He deals with that in the video.

[@lxjkt4226]

Ok

[@Britec09]

you're welcome