A:AnswerNothing special is needed. I use one of these drives as my picture and video vault. When I want to move some files from my main computer for storage, I just plug the drive into an empty port and copy the file to the hard drive for storage. Works like a charm.
A:AnswerI see no reason why these would not work with Win 11. They are not changing the file system.
I own 8 of these drives and plan to upgrade to Windows 11.
A:AnswerAs long as the drive is connected to a computer and you connect your phone or SD card if pictures are saved there, then there will be no problem whatsoever. I bought it to take all of the pictures off off my Galaxy S10 , and my daughters pictures off of my computer I had to reset. So all in all it is a great to buy I love using it mainly for my downloaded movies. Also it's pretty convenient to hold 5 Trig's in the palm of your hand.
A:Answermost solid state flash ( thumb drives) are formatted for MAC and are readable on windows..that is what i have experienced. For a long time i had an older 2tb Passport formatted for Mac that I was using on my windows...and a friend was using on his super Mac...If you format the hard drive on your Mac first you should be able to use it on your windows based PC. Just remember that formatting it will erase everything on it so back it up
A:AnswerHi Mzr, Sony added support for external USB hard drives on the PS5 with their April 2021 update. However, due to PS5 restrictions, games can only be played off the console’s internal SSD. As such, external USB storage hard drives only function as a faster way to hot-swap games and data on or off the PS5’s internal storage. -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information
A:AnswerHi Macc, The WD Easystore external portable hard drive comes pre-formatted with NTFS format for Windows computer. The hard drive can be reformatted in a supported file system for macOS. Please refer to the link mentioned for more information: Reformatting Required for Mac OS Compatibility: https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3879. To know more about the drive: http://products.wdc.com/library/AAG/ENG/4078-705145.pdf -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
A:AnswerAbsolutely, in fact I transferred games I had backed up on another drive to this 5TB Western Digital. The process requires you to load them back onto the PS4 first which while a bit time consuming is just a quirk of the PS4 system. Otherwise, it is a simple USB connection and tell the PS4 to format your drive, then the process is automatic from that point forward. The Playstation website has instructions if you run into any difficulty on the set-up.
A:AnswerI appreciate the answer but it didn't really answer the question. As for PNP. I connected my EasyStore to a Win10 PC and it was not recognized! I had to format the drive manually to get it to work? So much for quality check and PNP. I will be returning this for the My Passport with an additional year warranty and extra software.
A:AnswerIt really just depends on how much storage each game needs. For example, My largest game is 96gb. Which means that if I stored nothing but games that need 96gb of space I could store about 53 games but I have games that need as little as 2gb so I can fit a lot more than 53 games total.
A:AnswerAh ha! great question. Many people don't know but the Android operating system uses the old DOS and early Windows FAT16 file allocation table for its files. FAT 16 is history in Windows they now use the NTFS file system. Hence you can still plug any Android phone into of Windows computer USB port and transfer files from your phone to a Windows computer. Windows still accept and reads FAT16 files. I do it all the time. Here's the problem with your desired goal. The USB cable that comes with this WD digital drive will NOT be compatible with your Samsung USB port. So No it won't work. And don't waste time trying to get a USB adapter. There are none.
A:AnswerFirst answer is "Yes." Not sure about partitions. I use File names to identify the source computers. Not sure about back up software. I never looked. I prefer to be in control of my backups.
A:AnswerThe drive comes with a USB cable to connect to computers. I always download from my computer. I am not aware of any cables to download directly from the iPhone. I also have an iPhone and several flash drives to download from iPhone, but I'm not aware of a lightning cable with the proper connections to download direct from phone to hard drive. There is no Wifi.
A:AnswerNo idea on that, but I have been using WD for at least 10 years and still retrieve info from my old backups without any problems. I have found these to be very reliable and therefore, continue buying this product.