topic Can the Tablet S read large capacity external hard drives using its usb port? in Tablets https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/tablets/can-the-tablet-s-read-large-capacity-external-hard-drives-using/m-p/273172#M3170 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can the Tablet S read a large capacity external hard drive from its USB port so you can transfer movies from it to the tablets internal memory for viewing???</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:32:09 GMT lecutase 2011-12-09T19:32:09Z Can the Tablet S read large capacity external hard drives using its usb port? https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/tablets/can-the-tablet-s-read-large-capacity-external-hard-drives-using/m-p/273172#M3170 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can the Tablet S read a large capacity external hard drive from its USB port so you can transfer movies from it to the tablets internal memory for viewing???</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:32:09 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/tablets/can-the-tablet-s-read-large-capacity-external-hard-drives-using/m-p/273172#M3170 lecutase 2011-12-09T19:32:09Z Can the Tablet S read large capacity external hard drives using its usb port? https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/tablets/can-the-tablet-s-read-large-capacity-external-hard-drives-using/m-p/273173#M3171 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Normally, it can... but</P><P>- it must be FAT32 formatted; USB can't read NTFS devices</P><P>- the electrical consumption mustn't exceed <STRONG>500mA</STRONG> as the USB port has that limitation.</P><P></P><P>I didn't try yet as I'm not sure of my external HDD consumption. If you decide to try (at your own risks), keep us informed <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.co.uk/html/@0248C33DDCF34AA61B8F8F33F5AFA5BE/images/smilies/013.png" alt=":wink:" title=":wink:" /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:13:20 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/tablets/can-the-tablet-s-read-large-capacity-external-hard-drives-using/m-p/273173#M3171 bennybuche 2011-12-10T09:13:20Z