USB won't work
HI Folks , have a 2tb time capsule and have been using an 8gb sandisk flash drive with no problem but it will not recognize a Lexar 64gb 3.0 flash drive . Ideas??
HI Folks , have a 2tb time capsule and have been using an 8gb sandisk flash drive with no problem but it will not recognize a Lexar 64gb 3.0 flash drive . Ideas??
try cleaning the connections on the 64gb drive with a q tip and 99% rubbing alcohol (anything above 50% will work)
hope this helps!
The drive is new and has been tested to work fine in another pc. When inserted in the time capsule it flashes several times and stops , the other drive I have continually flashes to show connectivity. Tks
is it possibly a windows formatted drive?
even thou the time capsule is not classified as mac it will not work with windows format.
The drive is new and has been tested to work fine in another pc
When you tested the drive with a PC, what format was the drive? Windows formats of NTFS and exFAT will work fine on a PC, but they will not work on the Time Capsule.
Yes it is a Windows exFat formatted drive. I was unaware this was an issue as my flash drive that does work is set up the same way. Is there a way around this I i work on a Windows pc and iPad with the time capsule ? Thanks for the info.
I'm afraid not but if you go back to where you got it they might give you a refund, if you say "i got the wrong one".
hope this helps!
The drive needs to be formatted in FAT 16 or FAT 32 or HFS+ to work with the USB port on the Time Capsule.
even thou the time capsule is not classified as mac it will not work with windows format.
Sorry, but this is not correct. The Time Capsule USB port works fine with FAT16 and FAT32 drives.
oops! sorry!
That might explain why one works and not the other. I will reformat and report back tomorrow. Thanks everyone!
you are welcome! đ
Thanks Bob , I found a program to reformat my 64 gb flash drive to fat32 and voilĂ it works perfectly
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USB won't work