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External Hardware Problem

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dadaismmm

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Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 03:51 AM

 

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Does anyone know how to fix this problem of mine? My Samsung Galaxy A20s won't recognize/read an external hardware/harddrive whenever I connect it on my phone. Sometimes, it says that I must format the external first. Can someone help me how to fix this?
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      starky02

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      Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 07:20 AM

       

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      Android can only support FAT32 an EXT4 formatted external hard drive. Check what format your hard drive is. If you use it on a computer, it's possible it is formatted as NTFS and the reason it is asking you to format it.
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      dadaismmm

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      Sunday, October 11th, 2020 03:33 PM

       

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      yes, I use it on a computer. A lot, actually.

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