can this be used on an external hard drive
1054712
Agree with previous two answers. However, if you want to move data to an external drive, yes.
1054713
I have used the NewerTech USB 3.0 many times connecting a "raw" 3.5" desktop or 2.5" laptop drive to either a USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 port on running XP, Vista, Win 7 or Win 8/8.1 system. To belabor a point, by "raw" I mean a drive not in an enclosure. I have never had a problem using the adapter.
1054714
Like the person answering before me: If your external harddrive is a standard one, most likely with a little work.yes..But Its designed to connect most standard hard drives to a computer. So strictly speaking, you can't connect an external harddrive. But most external harddrives consist of a normal hard drive in a housing. Once you remove that housing you can connect this harddrive to this item. This of course voids your warranty on that external harddrive and you should know what you are doing as you can break the hard drive if you open these enclosures improperly. Also, make sure your enclosure has a standard harddrive in it (with a standard ata or sataConnector). Like the person answering before me: If your external harddrive is a standard one, most likely with a little work.yes..But Its designed to connect most standard hard drives to a computer. So strictly speaking, you can't connect an external harddrive. But most external harddrives consist of a normal hard drive in a housing. Once you remove that housing you can connect this harddrive to this item. This of course voids your warranty on that external harddrive and you should know what you are doing as you can break the hard drive if you open these enclosures improperly. Also, make sure your... » Read More Like the person answering before me: If your external harddrive is a standard one, most likely with a little work.yes..But Its designed to connect most standard hard drives to a computer. So strictly speaking, you can't connect an external harddrive. But most external harddrives consist of a normal hard drive in a housing. Once you remove that housing you can connect this harddrive to this item. This of course voids your warranty on that external harddrive and you should know what you are doing as you can break the hard drive if you open these enclosures improperly. Also, make sure your enclosure has a standard harddrive in it (with a standard ata or sataConnector). « Show Less
1054715
Yes and No...Yes; only if the external drive is a "bare drive" (not in an enclosure)...No; if the hard drive is enclosed in a case.
35081
I haven't used a hard-drive but it says that it can. Tried a jump drive and works great.
916911
No, you can use the external hard drive, it only support internal hard drive, sorry for that.
473625
None. You have to put in your own hard-drive; this is just an enclosure for an internal drive to make it an external drive.
1358806
Yes. It is an external hard drive. It will behave as another drive on your computer.
1818093
ONLY IF YOU USE IT AS A EXTERNAL DRIVE in a external box.USING A USB CABLE.. Other than that No.
1936298
yes it can be and a lot of times if your operating system crashes you can put the hard drive in an external case and save a lot of your data
37429
Sorry, I cannot answer your technical question. Perhaps you could access the G-Technology G-Drive website. It may provide the specifications, technical information and applications for your external hard drive.
1817033
Only if your external HDD has a Display Port connection. This is similar to, but not the same, a HDMI connection.
1819010
Sure, you can use an external enclosure and use it as a backup drive. Just remember that it's a 2.5 inch drive (like in laptops), not a regular 3.5 inch (like in a pc).Cheers
2097815
if you pull the external hard drive from its case it will work unless the internal hard drive uses an older PATA (EIDE) connector instead of SATA, anything from 2006 and above should have an SATA connector generally speaking.
128192
It does work with my flash drive, but I've never tried an external hard drive. I'm not sure how it would handle a hard drive with other types of files on it.
1513058
If your external drive will fit into a slot designed for a 2.5 SATA HDD then yes. I seriously doubt that you will be able to use an external drive with this device since it only has one USB port.
960199
I think so but I am not sure. I believe you can hook any USB external drive to it.
1487719
Yes, this drive can be converted to an external drive. You will need to purchase the proper external enclosure from a third party. Thanks, Mike
1171129
I don't know. This is beyond my expertise. I am using from an pad to my computer or my monitor. Haven't tried a hard drive. Seems as though you need an external power supply for the HD. It then might work.
1770072
Sure you can, you just have to buy an enclosure for it. But why not just buy an external HD directly? I think it's a bit of waste to use this drive as external storage.