#HOW TO REFORMAT A USB DRIVE TO NTSF ANDROID#
#HOW TO REFORMAT A USB DRIVE TO NTSF WINDOWS#

If it reads it but won't mount the USB device. If neither of those USB storage drive formats work, then your manufacturer did not include their capabilities. If your system sees the drive, but says it needs to be reformatted, then make your tablet reformat the drive, and then it's bound to be able to read it.

#HOW TO REFORMAT A USB DRIVE TO NTSF ANDROID#

Like I said I'm not an expert, but I read a lot, I love Android devices, and - If your tablet has both standard and micro USB ports like my RCA Maven Pro has (large tablets like Chromebook, MacBook, etc, usually have both standard and micro USB ports, if your device does as well, try using one or the other, so try using the micro USB port if the standard doesn't work, by using an OTG connection cable.

#HOW TO REFORMAT A USB DRIVE TO NTSF WINDOWS#

From what I have read, if exFAT formatting the external hard drive with Windows doesn't work, then try FAT32 (backup, or remove everything on the drive before reformatting, because a reformat will erase all files). My tablet is the RCA Maven pro 11.6 2-in-1 tablet, which has standard, as well as mini USB ports, so I'm experimenting now with a laptop platter style external HD to see if it can be read, and written to formatted in exFAT. USB standard female to micro USB male cable. Some larger 2-in-1 tablets come with a standard USB port and you may not need a 'converter-OTG-cable' A.K.A. Most external USB hard drives are like this. Small laptop hard drives or external small sized USB hard drives require only the power of the USB port to function. Unless provided with the external storage device by the manufacturer or stated by the manufacturer to use something for power, the USB hard drive should not require outside power source to function. Whether you use a power source cord of any kind for the external hard drive all depends on if the device normally requires one to function.

It depends on your tablet's manufacturer whether or not it is capable of viewing exFAT formatted storage devices. According to my research: A drive you've been using for storage with Windows, formatted to NTSF default, won't be seen and Android most of the time won't see the external hard drive if it isn't formatted in exFAT.

To my knowledge, (testing this myself now), it depends how the drive is formatted.

How to reformat a usb drive to ntsf