[Ham-Computers] External USB Hard Drive - Work on an OlderComputer?

[Dan Violette]

Agree with other comment.  USB drive works on USB, period.  Not Laptop,
desktop, server, etc. dependent.  Internally those are the drive sizes, but
externally does not care.  I think they all still have A/C plug for power
since USB does not supply enough.

Dan 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:ham-computers-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Hill
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 11:28 AM
To: Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications, or
experimenting
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] External USB Hard Drive - Work on an
OlderComputer? 

Thanks for the replies. I wanted an external hard drive that would work on a
lap top and desk top computer, but this type drive is not available. I went
to BestBuy, and was told that they had 2.5" External drives for lap top
computers and 3.5" External drives for desk top computers, but nothing for
both.  I guess power requirements differ.
Jim

At 09:43 AM 2/25/2006, you wrote:
>Will an external USB hard drive work on Win 98/ME and older XP 
>computers?  I've heard the original USB ports didn't work very well and 
>gradually improved over the years, but don't know when they were 
>"adequate". Will there be problems with the version? I'm using optical 
>mice which use v1.0 (I think), and assume USB 2.x is used for external 
>hard drives.
>
>I see plenty of ad's for complete external hard drives, but is a unit 
>available where you provide the actual drive? I have some extra drives 
>available. They work fine; I kept them when I purchased larger drives.
>
>Thanks, Jim
>
>
>
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