External Drive

I know I can back up to iCloud, but I was wondering whether I can plug in an external drive into our router's USB port and back up an iPhone (5S) to it wirelessly. Thanks!

While I wait for a new internal HD cable for my 13' MacBook Pro (2012 model) I've been running the main SSD (which was the internal drive) connecting externally via USB-SATA adapter. That was working fine for several days, but today it starting getting glitchy - files that I deleted wouldn't be...

I have a USB drive that's used to backup my 'live data'. I have heard of malware that will encrypt all attached drive so I would I'd like to give the the backup drive some extra protection. Encryption would slow down the backups so I'd like to simply have a password to protect against this...

Hey there. I just removed my old and dead laptop's hard drive, and I want to somehow make sure it doesn't contain a virus before I go through the content of it on my new PC. What is the best way to check if it has a virus or not without risking my new PC getting infected (in case it has one)...

I just got a Samsung M3 portable 1TB drive... I hooked it up to my xbox one and it gave me the option to format for media or games and apps.... I picked games and apps it formatted but when I go to storage its not there, when I go to back up and transfer it says external drive not found. So I...

So my old laptop's charger stopped working and the battery still has a 50-60 percent charge but I doubt it'll be enough for me to cut/copy paste stuff onto my external drive (it's 1TB). I have around 500GB worth of data, if not more. I'm talking about transfer data like documents, images, videos...

My laptop had Windows 10 upgraded from Windows 7. It was hit by a virus named Ransom. By the time I tried defending the Ransom virus, it had encrypted the C: and D: drives. I had reformat the entire hard disk and install Windows 7 as the OS. The external hard disk is bitlocker enabled. Earlier...

Sometimes your MacBook Pro requires to be booted from an external hard drive instead of a primary start up drive. A few reasons might include update, troubleshooting, repairing of disks, partition, etc. For conducting the booting procedure, it would require an external hard drive that would be...

Im searching for a program that i can use to backup/sync my WD external drive to my other WD external drive... normally i do it manually, copying files and stuff... so if i rename a folder on my first drive and then need to back it up to my second i have to manually go thru and the...

It usually happens after starting a 2nd or 3rd application. The surest bets to cause it involve videos or Java, maybe Flash but not confined to. It doesn't "Shutdown" or go through any process. It's just instant off which means no log. (I like Who Crashed Me but it can't help me this time) As...

hello good ppl. i hv a Thinkpad E530 machine. Some time after reboot the external drive is lost. Have done the followings: checked the

So I have an external hard drive that I'm plugging into my MacBook Pro. Then I'm using an HDMI to play it from a Roku TV. The image of my laptop is coming up fine on the Roku, but none of the audio is playing. When I play the sound of other tabs from my laptop they play on the TV just fine...

Hi, I have very important data and need to keep them backed up always, I am looking for these features 1) the software must sync the data to multiple destinations simultaneously, like another local drive, external HDD or shared folder, and cloud like Google Drive, One Drive 2) it must support...

My husband travels to a lot of areas that don't have Wi-Fi and internet access. How do I record our store-purchased HD movies onto an external drive so he can view them on his computer? He only has USB ports, including a USB 3. I can transfer from DVD to the external drive, but I don't...

i have moved my apps and pitures to mo my sd card can i delete them fom my external drive and se them from my sd ard?

I'm frustrated to learn that other users can access my external drive when they're logged into my pc. That external drive backs up all of the stuff that is kept private in my own user account. Does anyone know if I can use Bitlocker to protect my external drive so only my user account can access...

I have the Samsung J7, my problem is that my apps won't stay on my external drive (memory card). How do I prevent them from going back to my device's internal storage?

I have the Asus TP500L laptop with no CD drive. So i bought an external CD drive which is bue-ray compatible with the intention of playing blue ray movies (it is USB 3.0). I can easily play normal DVD's through the external drive but whenever i put a blue ray movie in and play it through a blue...

Apologies for not knowing, but I wanted to know if it was possible to play steam games off a external drive? I heard that it would need to be at least 7200 rpm and usb 3.0. Is it okay? and regardless whether or not it does, can anyone recommended one?

I am trying to store all of my movies on an external drive to watch at home and then to take with us (portable) on trips so my kids can watch from their Kindle Fires? Any suggestion on what I would need to make this happen? Our TVs all have a fire stick, xbox one, or a smart TV. I have not...