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Corrupted Seagate USB Drive...

BertieUK
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I was reading an article this morning that said that I could use my Seagate Backup Portable Drive as a storage device on my Samsung S8+ Smartphone.
When I connected these devices together I received the following advice...
...Corrupted Seagate USB Drive Tap to Fix...
...I did not 'Tap to Fix' but removed the drive, there is possibly a very simple answer to this problem.
I use the Seagate USB Drive on my Windows 10 Tower and it works ok, it would seem like a compatibility problem.
Would you advise as not to proceed with this device.
Kind regards...
When I connected these devices together I received the following advice...
...Corrupted Seagate USB Drive Tap to Fix...
...I did not 'Tap to Fix' but removed the drive, there is possibly a very simple answer to this problem.
I use the Seagate USB Drive on my Windows 10 Tower and it works ok, it would seem like a compatibility problem.
Would you advise as not to proceed with this device.
Kind regards...
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You need to check how your external drive's filesystem is formatted which you can do by opening Computer, right clicking the drive and choosing properties which should show the file system. It sounds like it may be NTFS which isn't supported natively by Android.0
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You need to check how your external drive's filesystem is formatted which you can do by opening Computer, right clicking the drive and choosing properties which should show the file system. It sounds like it may be NTFS which isn't supported natively by Android.
Johnmcl7 Thank you for your input.
You are correct John as File System : NFTS
Kind regards.0
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