Has anyone tried to connect an external HDD to see if it works?
507602
I have not personally tried a external hdd, I do know a xbox controller works, a keyboard and a mouse work, make sure the external hdd has its own power source as I tried using speakers and it fried my s3, and small usb flash drives also work,
1619361
I tried with my external drive and could not get it to read. Now, it may have been the cable acting up (the quality out of the box was poor), or it may be that the drive is too large to be recognized. As I recall, you are limited to 32GB on the mini-SD card, so the same limit may apply to this as well.
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Should wrk. I only have two drives connected but they work just fine. I also use a external DVD player/recorder and printer. all have no problem working. Good luck.
1933449
It does not do anything when connected. The first time I connected it, it I could see the drive C but couldn't access any info off the drive. Then it got hot and now it won't do anything.
1043761
I know that it will work on a Seagate External. I recently had to take mine out of its case and had to use this tool to hook directly into the hard drive.
60522
I use my external hard drive without problems, but my external DVD drive will not work properly -- keeps losing connection. Both are USB powered. My work around for the DVD drive is to attach it to my USB hub that has its own power cord.
653247
No it does not work with any external HD, works with flash memory up to 16gb
846997
Sorry, I can't answer this one. I had no need to connect an external hard drive...so I do not know if it will take one.
635371
All I know to say is try it. It works with USB to hook to my computer. And I can put a DVD or CD into the computer and play it. I don't have an external drive.
1554089
I tried my Toshiba HDDs but none of them work. I think it is because of power. But some people answered that it powered other brand HDDs. So I think it really depend on HDDs.
218265
This can only if the harddrive itself didn't die. It comes with cables so you do not have to buy any cables. So if you think your Sata cables or something elese went wrong this may be an opition. I used this because my old external harddrive pcb board died but the HDD was fine so I got this put it in and it was good to go. It is the cheapest option I hope it works but if it doesn't then your HDD died.
2253067
sorry, I haven`t tested that. I will have a USB3 portable hd soon. I'll check it out.
1118389
Hard to tell, but if the drive was working fine before putting it in the enclosure, then there's a good chance the enclosure is defective. The quality is pretty bad, unfortunately... Same thing happened to me. I complained and got a replacement. Any chance you can put your drive in a different enclosure, to test it?
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If it is a SATA, you should be able to connect it to the larger drive and test it.
929833
Not in my experience. When I plugged the hard drive into my pc, it didn't even show up in my list of devices.
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I have had no luck getting a portable HDD to work, so I switched to a self powered HDD.
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Mine failed to operate the HD from a 2007 Dell desktop. My laptop recognized the interface as a device, but never saw the drive. My adapter/converter arrived with a faulty plug also. I knew most people have received defective units. For $8 or whatever it is now, I took the chance. I tried a different adapter a week later that worked for me.