WD Elements 3.0/2.0 won't play when plugged into TV

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Hello

I’ve had a very reliable WD USB 2.0 for a few years that plays when plugged to my TV. I’ve added quite a few movies to it and now it is starting to slow down and when new movies I have added play on the TV, they jump/freeze then keep playing.

I don’t want that HD to die on me, so I now have a new WD Elements SS USB 3.0 and 2.0. When I read the specs on this device, it said it would be compatible with 2.0, so I assumed it would work in my TV, but I can’t even get into the files when plugged in.

Does it need to be formatted? I did see some instruction about going into the disc management and partitioning the storage, but I really didn’t understand what I was doing, so stopped.

Has anyone else had this problem and could please help me, or the HD is useless to me really.

Thanks!

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To answer that question, you need to determine what formats the TV accepts. I used to have an older device (not a TV but the same concept) that would only see drives that were formatted in FAT32 for example.