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I am spec-ing out a virtualization upgrade for someone and want to use their existing USB DAT drive for Guest OS backups. Can the Guest OS (Windows 2003) see a USB connected DAT drive (HP)?
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I am spec-ing out a virtualization upgrade for someone and want to use their existing USB DAT drive for Guest OS backups. Can the Guest OS (Windows 2003) see a USB connected DAT drive (HP)?

Hyper-V Guest OS Able to Use Host Attached USB DAT Drive?

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. In addition to local storage devices like CD and DVD readers, hard drives and flash drives, solid state drives can hold enormous amounts of data in a very small device. Cloud services and other new forms of remote storage also add to the capacity of devices and their ability to access more data without building additional data storage into a device.

Storage

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