Expansion? Does anyone know if I can use the USB port to expand it to an additional hard drive?
795819
Yes, you actually can add a hard drive. There are caveats to what you can do and you have to "hack" the unit (by adding a text file to a special folder on the drive - about the simplest hack I can think of) but it is very easy. Search for "fun_plug dns 323" on the search engine of your choice.
788305
It would have been helpful if you had described what you intend to do. Clone what, exactly, would be a good start. And do you have any extra hardware available, such as an unused HDD that could be used for temporary storage?
916911
No, you can use the external hard drive, it only support internal hard drive, sorry for that.
974397
Mine has a 500 Gig hard drive. I also have an external usb hard drive (500 gig.) I don't know about upgrading the internal drive.
1331246
Not sure. Seems like that would work but I've had experience with other USB extensions that can't handle large peripheries like external hard drives.
336242
I don't think there's a way to replace the memory on the USB device without cracking it open. I believe the idea was just to have a convenient last ditch storage device for a Powerpoint or whatever without having to carry around an extra thumb drive.
1787319
I use a WD portable drive and it works well with this USB hub. (I did not try with more than one external drives.)
1273364
But how would you add more than one external drive? Would you just use a USB hub?
1894152
Do a google search for that. I doubt you can mount a second hard drive in there, but I'm not sure.
325784
Technically, yes, you can clone the source drive to a larger destination disk, but depending on the software you are using there is a chance you'd have issues using more space than was originally available on the source drive. There are tools and software (you were not OS specific, so I'll not call anything out) out there that can expand after the clone to take more available space, and there are disk tools that can address this, but be aware of the possible outcomes.
1567771
I'm not sure. Perhaps you can just attach both drives and use windows to copy the files.
1331227
No. I believe you can purchase an adapter for the optical drive location and place a second HDD in there. This will replace your current optical drive of course, so you would have to decide if that's something you can live without or you could purchase an external optical drive.
1294085
I am not sure why you can not copy over 4 GB, for I copied 31 GB until it died on me several weeks later. The only thing I do everytime when I buy a USB drive is to reformat for Mac, Otherwise it may give me problems at time.
212326
I will agree with the other two comments.. Just upgrade the drive to a larger size. Storage is pretty cheap these days. Good Luck!
1677385
Seems to be limited to USB2.0. Also as someone already noticed it doesn't seem to support large external drives. I wasn't able to get either of my 3TB drives to work. All usb thumbdrives worked though.
297632
You can but you will want to put it in a case. By the time you do that it will be pretty pricey. Maybe look at an external SSD if you want to use it with usb 3 - see something like thishttp://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00JQRB0I4/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?qid=1417370058&sr;=8-4&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70
1747945
I have the Seagate Backup Plus and there is plenty of room for the drive and the short cable that is included. You might even have room for a longer cable.