Help connecting external HDD to AT300 tablet.

I want to know if and how it would be possible to connect an external HDD to a AT300 tablet. Both the tablet and the HDD have micro usb ports, but I can not locate a micro to micro cable online. Am I completly wrong about this even being possible? Any help would be great.
Thanks in advance.

For a flash drive, you use a thing callled a USB "OTG" ("On-the-Go" or "host mode") cable. If you search the forum you can find a previous post with some good hints how to find one of these.
Cannot say I've ever tried my AT305 with a hard disk--as opposed to a flash drive. I'd be concerned about current supply capability for some of the larger capsacity ones (many of which draw more than the USB is specified to provide and some hosts have more headroom above the spec than others). I'd also be concerned that some disk formats might not work with Android. I'm sure it's documented somewhere which ones do and which ones don't. But some research would be in order before betting this will work painlessly first time.

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