Will USB powered External HDs (Seagate GoFlex 2TB and WD Passport 2 TB) both work and spin down properly when not in use? Win 7 64bit laptop.
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i do not recommend buying a USB powered Hub for external drives. Buy the one with external power. The USB powered one will turn off your HD sometimes and it is annoying esp if you are downloading files.
259039
I have an older Seagate External HD (1.5TB) and a few 3TB Western Digital HD. I have them hooked to my Window 7 desktop through the Anker USB 3.0 hub; so far I have no issues. When not accessing data on my external HD, the disks do spin down gracefully and go to "sleep"...so far I have not had any issues with this device...hope this helps...
259040
Sorry...don't know. I only have a Synology NAS, so no experience on the external USB HDs
259041
I do not know, I have only tried SSD and 2.5" HHDs in portable caddies. Both of those work flawlessly. I have a 2.5" drive caddy double sided taped to my desk for quick swap out to format drives. If not accessed for a while it does spin down and back up properly. Hope that helps.
259042
Do not have that configuration so cannot answer. I, however have had no problems with my Anker hub on my MacBook Air and I have a Western Digital 1 T disk as my backup device. No problems after 4 months.
878482
I have three WD Passport 2TB drives working flawlessly with this hub. The drives were purchased from various sources and at different times over the last year.
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Tested with a WD Passport USB 3.0 2TB 2.5" drive. It seems to power it, though it turned off after 6 or 8 seconds the first time. After powering off, it came back on, my device said it detected mass USB storage, but there are no new mount points created, probably because the drive is formatted in NTFS and not exFAT or whatever it needs to be.
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I have the WD My Passport Ultra 1TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 with Auto and Cloud Backup - Black (WDBZFP0010BBK-NESN) and it works great with the Inateck.
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I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit with a 3.0 PCI add-on card connected to the 7 Port USB hub. I have a Seagate 2TB, 3TB and 4TB 3.0 drives attached as well as 320GB and 500GB USB 2.0 drives and have no problems. Just remember any USB 2.0 drive is still limited to 2.0 speeds. Some of the drives are network shares and still I have had no problems. The 7 Port USB Hub works great for me.
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I have the Seagate 2tb and I also run Windows 7 and it just asked me to upload an out of date app but it works. That's all I can tell you.
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The drive spins down according to your computers power settings (as all usbs will) but it never turns off.While spinning its not very noisy (you won't hear it in an office) but its not silent.I'm pretty sure its got wd green cavier as the drive.
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I use the hub with multiple WD external drives which have USB 3 connectors. If the Ultra 2TB drive has a USB 3 connection, then it will work. I checked the Amazon listings for details and the WD _My_ Passport drives (regardless of size) all have USB 3 interfaces. That means they will work with this hub.Note, to take fullest advantage of the USB 3 speed, you will need to plug the hub into an USB 3 port on your computer. Otherwise, the speed will be that of the port.
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Yes, as long as your drive uses a USB connection. I used my WD My Passport external drive to save recordings I wanted to keep permanently.
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Any external USB hard drive can be used via the USB ports, the seagate HD is necessary to for the "convenient" slide in interface (it still leaves both USB ports open)
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Im not sure. But i do not recommend this one. I put so much info on it and one day it just wouldnt work. It woukd spin but no lights or anything on the screen. Had to pay 50$ to get the files off if it. I say spend that extra 50 now and buy a WD passport. Works like a charm.
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Nothing like a long link - Under wdc.com external drives faq. The Western Digital products listed below are Microsoft Certified (WHQL) under the Windows Vista Operating System. WD Passport Portable USB 2.0 (Black) (WXMSxxxxTx) Order/Model numbers US: WDXMS600TN, WDXMS800TN, WDXMS1000TN, WDXMS1200TN, WDXMS1600TN, WDXMS2500TN http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1457&p_created=1154370312&p_sid=g-6YQ7Si&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9NzEsNzEmcF9wcm9kcz0xOTUmcF9jYXRzPTEyMyZwX3B2PTEuMTk1JnBfY3Y9MS4xMjMmcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9mbmwmcF9wYWdlPTE*&p_li=&p_topview=1
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No the hard drive doesn't work anymore and it's less than a years time. Also wd would not rma the product for me.
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Sorry, no idea. I bought WD (Western Digital) Passport as replacement. That seems better.
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That usually depends on the BIOS/OS... this did not seem to stop spinning with Win 8.1, but then, I only use it for system back ups.
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It will "operate", but most likely not work. Most drive problems are related to alignment or other technical issues. It can't hurt to try, but if it doesn't work consider replacing the drive itself or just getting a USB plug in drive. You'll be happier and less frustrated!
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It's not a problem to power an external HD on this USB port. DVD? Sorry, not sure about that. Never tried.