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External Storage Devices

Learn everything you want about External Storage Devices with the wikiHow External Storage Devices Category. Learn about topics such as 2 Simple Ways to Erase and Format a USB Flash Drive , How to Make a Bootable USB Drive on Windows & macOS , 4 Simple Ways to Format and Clear an SD Memory Card , and more with our helpful step-by-step instructions with photos and videos.

Articles about External Storage Devices

2 Simple Ways to Erase and Format a USB Flash Drive

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Make a Bootable USB Drive on Windows & macOS

4 Simple Ways to Format and Clear an SD Memory Card

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6 Ways to Repair a USB Flash Drive

Transfer Music to a Flash Drive

Copy Documents to a USB Flash Drive from Your Computer

Save Files to a USB Flash Drive

A Guide to Disabling Write Protection

Boot from an External Hard Drive

Reformat an External Hard Drive on Windows or Mac

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3 Quick Ways to Permanently Remove Write Protection from an SD Card

Partition a Thumb Drive

Easy Ways to Use a USB Flash Drive

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Add an External Hard Drive

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Easily Remove the “Read Only” State from a USB Drive on PC

3 Easy Ways to Check Storage Space on a Flash Drive

Destroy Floppy Disks

2 Ways to Test a USB's Speed on a Computer

Attach a USB Drive to Your Computer: How to Use a Thumb Drive

Fix an I/O Error on Windows: 12 Troubleshooting Tips & Tricks

Add Files to a Memory Stick or USB Drive

Eject a Flash Drive from a Mac

Fix an Unrecognized USB Disk

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Remove a Virus From a Flash Drive

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Partition an SD Card

Create a Bootable Windows 7 or Vista USB Drive

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Put a Video on a DVD

3 Simple Ways to Unmount a Drive

Format USB on Mac

Set Your Computer to Boot from USB Flash Drive

Install Windows 7 Using Pen Drive

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Open Bitlocker Encrypted USB Drive on Another Computer

6 Simple Steps to Fix a Broken Lock on SD Cards

Build a Pen Drive

Use Pen Drive As RAM

Format a Memory Card

Increase the Capacity of Your Pendrive

Open a Sandisk Cruzer U3 Drive

Hook Up a magicJack

Prevent a USB Flash Drive from Corrupting the Files and Folders Within It

Install an SSD into a Desktop Computer

Restore Deleted Files on a SD Card

Eject an External Hard Drive

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