External Hard Drive

The Galaxy Tab Forum: External Hard Drive - The Galaxy Tab Forum

Welcome to The Galaxy Tab Forum

Welcome to The Galaxy Tab Forum, like most online communities you must register to view or post in our community, but don't worry this is a simple free process that requires minimal information. Take advantage of it immediately, Register Now or Sign In.

Start new topics and reply to others
Subscribe to topics and forums to get automatic updates
Add events to our community calendar
Get your own profile and make new friends
Customize your experience here

Guest Message by DevFuse

Page 1 of 1

You cannot start a new topic
You cannot reply to this topic

External Hard Drive

Posted 20 March 2012 - 04:49 PM (#1) JrTack

Newbie

Group: Members
Posts: 3
Joined: 20-March 12

New to Tablets. I have some movies on an external hard drive, when I connect the hard drive to the tablet, it says the drive is a blank device. Do i need to check the movie formats or is playing my movies from a hard drive not possible?

Remove Advertisements Advertisements

TheGalaxyTabForum.com

Posted 20 March 2012 - 08:38 PM (#2) Bart Laroc

Relaxed Moderator

Group: Super Moderator
Posts: 3,592
Joined: 10-February 11
LocationBristol, UK
Device Size:7-Inch Original
Device Model Number:GT-P1000
Android Version:2.3.6 Gingerbread

are you connecting the hard drive via the USB Adaptor ?, the adaptor review says
"there is no way to supply power for high power USB devices, which in turn severely restricts what you can connect.
It may be possible to plug in a powered USB hub and then plug high-power devices into that"

if you connect your external hard drive to your PC & set it as a "Shared" drive, it should show up on your "Home-Network"
& can be accessed from your Tab with a "File Explorer" (not the stock "My Files)