Originally Posted by
fatyank I have a Western Digital 500GB Passport External hard drive. It is USB powered. Is there a way to connect it to my Note Pro so I can read it. It is formatted FAT32 & has a ton of stuff on it so reformatting is not an option! There is no external power option for it. It's my backup drive. I don't have a desktop or laptop to move data to. I am 100% tablet. Any help is greatly appreciated������
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You would need a USB 3.0 OTG Cable, like
this one... I don't know if it will supply enough power to the Passport drive, so you may have to feed it into a powered hub, then connect the drive to that or use a
USB 3.0 Y-cables with power input and an external USB power adapter. Should work fine.