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Posted 2006-05-13, 06:10 PM
I'm looking for an external hard drive with a storage capacity of more than 200 GB. All external hard drives which I've found so far that match these specifications use a separate AC adapter for power. I'm only interested in models which are fed power through an USB port. I have seen a 250 GB one in action before, but I cannot remember its brand, nor has Google been of any avail.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Posted 2006-05-13, 08:27 PM in reply to Chruser's post "External hard drives?"
http://www.officemax.com/max/solutio...OID=-536908016 mebbe
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Posted 2006-05-13, 09:03 PM in reply to Sovereign's post starting "http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/p..."
I can't find any information on that site about whether the external hard drives use an external transformer / AC adapter or not.
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Posted 2006-05-13, 09:08 PM in reply to Chruser's post starting "I can't find any information on that..."
Ah shit. NVM. Seagate.com says it comes with ac power adapter.
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Posted 2006-05-13, 10:30 PM in reply to Chruser's post "External hard drives?"
Many computers won't supply the power; you're best off just using the power adapter.
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Posted 2006-05-13, 11:04 PM in reply to WetWired's post starting "Many computers won't supply the power;..."
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Many computers won't supply the power; you'll beat off just using the power adapter.
Haha WetWired you silly goose.
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Posted 2006-05-16, 12:45 PM in reply to HandOfHeaven's post starting "Haha WetWired you silly goose."
Im pretty sure you can just get a regular harddrive and hook it up with an external hard drive casing. Im sure it would be easier to find one of those with USB power.
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Posted 2006-05-16, 04:00 PM in reply to Chruser's post "External hard drives?"
Here's the best one I've found so far, but it's rather expensive:

http://www.superwarehouse.com/Iomega...33356/p/696194



This one "only" has a 100 GB capacity, but it's a lot cheaper:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...lance&n=172282
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Posted 2006-05-23, 12:01 PM in reply to Chruser's post starting "Here's the best one I've found so far,..."
Well what are you planning on storing on it? Just using it to back stuff up? 100 gigs seems like plenty to me.
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Posted 2006-05-23, 01:47 PM in reply to Chruser's post starting "Here's the best one I've found so far,..."
Why is it you want one that doesn't plug in to the wall?
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Posted 2006-05-23, 02:39 PM in reply to pr0xy's post starting "Well what are you planning on storing..."
He might be using it for Picaroni. He did mention in the Picaroni thread about an external HDD.
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Posted 2006-05-23, 02:47 PM in reply to Lenny's post starting "He might be using it for Picaroni. He..."
Yes, but why couldn't he just... plug it into a wall?
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Posted 2006-05-23, 02:51 PM in reply to Grav's post starting "Yes, but why couldn't he just... plug..."
I haven't the faintest idea. Maybe he doesn't have enough sockets to plug it into?
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Posted 2006-05-23, 02:57 PM in reply to Lenny's post starting "I haven't the faintest idea. Maybe he..."
Yes, because that makes sense.
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Posted 2006-05-23, 03:04 PM in reply to Grav's post starting "Yes, because that makes sense."
I'll be using it for Picaroni, so plugging it into the wall will be a possibility. It'd just be nice to be able to access the data without a separate transformer on a car trip. Also, I'm sure some AC acapter-using external hard drives are power hogs.
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