Road Hog External Drive

When a drive is manufactured, it's setup to report itself to the OS as either a "fixed" drive, or a "removable" drive. Your SSD is likely reporting itself as a fixed drive (most SSDs do since Windows won't install on a removable drive). Thumb drives typically claim to be removable.

When you browse for a place to save your shows, the console is looking for its own internal drive, and any removable media. Since the SSD isn't reporting as a removable drive, it's not seen as a valid place to save shows.

So is there a way to get the drive to report as removal?
Can I format the drive as removable.

Strange that the Hog OS does not allow the drive to appear, but other computers do...

Thank You,
Glen Goodwin
Lighting Designer

> So is there a way to get the drive to report as removal?

It's a function of the drive's firmware. Some industrial grade flash drives can be ordered as either fixed or removable. For most of the consumer stuff you get what you get.

So I guess you are saying that the SSD external is not a good choice for Hog backups. I should stick with the thumb drives, then transfer onto the larger drive as a master archive.

Seems a little odd that the Hog would not recognize the drive...

thanks, for the help.

Glen