Typically, operating systems remove 10-20% of drive physical capacity. 【OTHER TECHNICAL QUESTIONS】Why is my device reporting the external SSD has less capacity than advertised?Ī: The actual drive capacity displayed on your device will vary from external SSD physical capacity due to mandatory operating system formatting and partitioning. If in doubt, use the Windows “Safely Remove Hardware” feature, which stops drive operations and then ends the connection between it and the host computer safely. If you unplug a storage device or a removable drive from your computer while it’s transferring or saving information, you risk data loss or corruption.
【PC】How to remove the exSSD safely from PCs?Ī: While most USB devices such as external hard drives, external SSDs, and Flash drives can be plugged and unplugged at will, do avoid doing so when they are active.
【MOBILE DEVICES】Which devices ADATA exSSD can be compatible with?
When connected to devices running any other operating system (such as Linux or Windows Phone), the external SSD may not be recognized or its functions may be restricted depending on the device.ĭo you have guides for formatting external SSD in Mac OS? 【OTHER DEVICES】Why isn’t the external SSD recognized by non-PC devices?Ī: The external SSD was developed for Windows, Mac OS, and Android.