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Will Samsung power a USB Hard Drive?

Started Nov 12, 2019 | Discussions thread
sarah11918
sarah11918 Regular Member • Posts: 267
Re: Will Samsung power a USB Hard Drive?

I have a lot of trouble getting a regular WD external hard drive (3TB) to stay powered long enough for anything useful on my Galaxy Note 8.

But, if you look at the smaller Samsung external SSDs (currently, there's a 500GB and 1TB version), those work great with an OTG cable. They're quite fast, and no trouble powering them at all.

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