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

[Jim Hill]

Well, I'm glad to hear the BestBuy sales person was wrong. He was pretty 
firm when I asked him if he was certain the drive would not work with both 
a laptop and desktop computer.


At 05:46 PM 2/26/2006, you wrote:
>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
>
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>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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