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xKEY quesetion
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Just10Jor
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27. November 2012 @ 21:53 |
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Just got my xKEY today but when I go to use it, it doesnt detect my external drive. I have a seagate 3TB 3.0 usb and I'm thinking that's the reason why it isn't picking it up. Does anyone have any insight on this? Thanks in advance
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Joe_1981
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28. November 2012 @ 11:10 |
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I have a Western Digital 2TB, USB 3.0 external and mine works fine. However, there are a few external hard drives that I've tried and that my friends have tried which the xkey would not recognize. It's kind of luck of the draw, I think, when it comes to which will work. Are you sure you have everything with the xkey installed correctly? Thumb drives have always worked for me. You should get a little thumb drive and put a game on there just to see if it will recognize that.
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29. November 2012 @ 04:10 |
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always make sure your hd has a power source not running power of usb,that helps
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RIARA
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29. November 2012 @ 07:42 |
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Originally posted by Just10Jor:
Just got my xKEY today but when I go to use it, it doesnt detect my external drive. I have a seagate 3TB 3.0 usb and I'm thinking that's the reason why it isn't picking it up. Does anyone have any insight on this? Thanks in advance
from what i have read, the xkey will only recognize up to 2 TB. so if you are using a 3TB drive then you have to create a 2TB partition as the main for it to work.
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Just10Jor
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30. November 2012 @ 00:05 |
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I think it might be what infam0us is talking about. I split the drive right down the middle (1.5 tb each) and nothing. Tried multiple formats when partitioning and still got nothing. I figured there was enough power going to it because the light to external was on and i heard it starting up. I'll need to go out and get a powered USB hub or something and see how that pans out.
Other then that, it works fine with other externals/flash drives. If the usb hub doesnt work ill just chalk this up a L in the loss column
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1. December 2012 @ 05:57 |
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Originally posted by Just10Jor:
I think it might be what infam0us is talking about. I split the drive right down the middle (1.5 tb each) and nothing. Tried multiple formats when partitioning and still got nothing. I figured there was enough power going to it because the light to external was on and i heard it starting up. I'll need to go out and get a powered USB hub or something and see how that pans out.
Other then that, it works fine with other externals/flash drives. If the usb hub doesnt work ill just chalk this up a L in the loss column
yea try a power source u can always get one cheap,let me know how it goes
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Modking30
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1. December 2012 @ 15:21 |
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You need to have the drive formatted with EXT, not FAT32 or NTFS. Format it to EXT4 using gparted.
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tongs007
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2. December 2012 @ 03:41 |
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Originally posted by Modking30:
You need to have the drive formatted with EXT, not FAT32 or NTFS. Format it to EXT4 using gparted.
mines on ntfs no problem at all, 1.5 verbatim powered external hdd
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3. December 2012 @ 00:56 |
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Originally posted by tongs007:
Originally posted by Modking30:
You need to have the drive formatted with EXT, not FAT32 or NTFS. Format it to EXT4 using gparted.
mines on ntfs no problem at all, 1.5 verbatim powered external hdd
ntfs here too
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Modking30
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3. December 2012 @ 16:57 |
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NTFS works, but it's not preferred. EXT will give the best performance.
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3. December 2012 @ 18:05 |
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my buddy had same problem ..you probably will have to purchase a hd with external power ...thanks mod i changed my format to ex and way faster
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Modking30
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11. December 2012 @ 21:20 |
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There is a new update out for the xkey. 1.27 which addresses some of the size issues.
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12. December 2012 @ 14:14 |
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Originally posted by Modking30:
There is a new update out for the xkey. 1.27 which addresses some of the size issues.
any bugs?
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Modking30
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19. December 2012 @ 21:46 |
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no bugs, works fine
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Modking30
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20. December 2012 @ 17:29 |
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