I watched movies off my brothers WD ELEMENTS 1TB hard drive kn my tv. So i bought the exact same hard drive and transferred the movies onto my computer then onto my brand new hard drive. Now the tv doesnt even acknowledge the hard drive. Why would this be?
I watched movies off my brothers WD Elements 1TB hard drive on my tv. So i bought the exact same hard drive and transferred t
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SuperSoph_WD
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Welcome to Tom's Hardware, Sandra!
I'd suggest you ask your brother what is the file system of his external WD Elements. It's possible that your TV is not supporting NTFS-formatted devices, which would explain why your WD Elements is not being properly recognized there.
I'd recommend you backup your movies on the computer again and then reformat the WD Elements using the FAT32 file system. Once you have done this, copy back your movies to the external and attempt to plug it to the TV. Hopefully, this time it will be properly detected.
However, there are some limitations when using this FAT32 file system, you should be aware of. For example, you won't be able to transfer files larger than 4 GB.
Keep me posted if you encounter any issues, though. Good luck!
SuperSoph_WD
I'd suggest you ask your brother what is the file system of his external WD Elements. It's possible that your TV is not supporting NTFS-formatted devices, which would explain why your WD Elements is not being properly recognized there.
I'd recommend you backup your movies on the computer again and then reformat the WD Elements using the FAT32 file system. Once you have done this, copy back your movies to the external and attempt to plug it to the TV. Hopefully, this time it will be properly detected.
However, there are some limitations when using this FAT32 file system, you should be aware of. For example, you won't be able to transfer files larger than 4 GB.
Keep me posted if you encounter any issues, though. Good luck!
SuperSoph_WD
SuperSoph_WD :
Welcome to Tom's Hardware, Sandra!
I'd suggest you ask your brother what is the file system of his external WD Elements. It's possible that your TV is not supporting NTFS-formatted devices, which would explain why your WD Elements is not being properly recognized there.
I'd recommend you backup your movies on the computer again and then reformat the WD Elements using the FAT32 file system. Once you have done this, copy back your movies to the external and attempt to plug it to the TV. Hopefully, this time it will be properly detected.
However, there are some limitations when using this FAT32 file system, you should be aware of. For example, you won't be able to transfer files larger than 4 GB.
Keep me posted if you encounter any issues, though. Good luck!
SuperSoph_WD
I'd suggest you ask your brother what is the file system of his external WD Elements. It's possible that your TV is not supporting NTFS-formatted devices, which would explain why your WD Elements is not being properly recognized there.
I'd recommend you backup your movies on the computer again and then reformat the WD Elements using the FAT32 file system. Once you have done this, copy back your movies to the external and attempt to plug it to the TV. Hopefully, this time it will be properly detected.
However, there are some limitations when using this FAT32 file system, you should be aware of. For example, you won't be able to transfer files larger than 4 GB.
Keep me posted if you encounter any issues, though. Good luck!
SuperSoph_WD
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