Is this a portable or external drive? It does not look portable (usb powered).
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It is not USB powered, you plug it into a regular power outlet. It does come with a carrying case for easy transport, though. It's larger and heavier than most "portable" drives. Good drive.
2041230
Not portable. These are probably the best DESKTOP EXTERNAL drives you can buy-- very well made, heavy, with built in power supply so you only need the included power cord. These are our first choice for our video business and we have been very happy with them. GT
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Marginal USB power is ALWAYS a risk with drives that run off USB power. I use my portables to hold maintenance and diagnostic tools. They get plugged into different machines every week, and you never know how much power those machines will be supplying. Some machines (especially laptops) just don't put out the power required to run many drives, and some drives suck down more power than others. When you hear the metronome noise, that's an indication that there isn't enough power. Worse, I have had portable disks work fine for a few weeks or months and then start the metronome noise. When I see that a drive "doesn't need a power cable" I always look for whether it comes with a power jack ANYWAY. That way, you can always add wall power if you're having problems. The best deal of all (as far as reliability) are drives like Other World Computing's, that "don't need a power cord" but come with a power jack AND a power adapter for the same price. That way you can run it off a marginal laptop, an unpowered hub, or whatever you need to.
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It isn't a dedicated external drive, so can be initialized by any disk utility app you should have with Windows of any version. It isn't especially fast for constant random access but it is very reliable for backup storage. Id recommend it if you're in need of mass backup. I use it for iTunes media files and it works great.
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Ron....no, the hard drive is a plug-n-play, no external power source needed.
2035415
No, unfortunately not. An external drive is pretty cheap. I bought one when I bought the computer.
39924
This isn't exactly "portable"...You can move it around, sure, but it requires another power source (wall outlet) to run. So that's two cords, the USB connected to the computer and the power cable connected to the wall. It's a little inconvenient in my opinion but if you have a stationary computer it isn't a problem. Like Adam said this HDD is plug and go. I didn't have to install anything or even format it. Works like a big flash drive. I'm planning on getting another, bigger one because I filled my 500GB in a few months.
169235
It does not have an internal / built in drive. You can use or purchase an external drive that connects through the usb port.
2019224
The box states Portable USB Drive for Apple MacBook. There is a website mentioned on the box g-technology.com/support for help on this product.
1058666
No it's not USB connected. It requires a micro card to operate and stores every thing on it. You can transfer data via a USB cord that's included. Micro card not included. The card is all I've been using.
1167793
I have powered a small usb drive. I think the key is that you might have to use a drive that is only usb powered, but I don't know entirely for sure. You could always get the cable and try it.
1309613
Though there is no internal drive, I used an external drive to transfer data back and forth with no issue. I made a conscious choose choice for lightweight portability over a drive, since I already had an external drive.
333223
I ordered a portable external hard drive that uses a USB. Do not know what you a referring to.
911641
As far as I can see the drive is normal laptop type drive in an external case. The setting appear to allow for a region code set.
904713
I've only used it as a standalone hard drive copy device, but I believe you can use it as an external hard drive unit too. I'm using Mac OSX
1482353
I use it on my Macbook as a time machine drive. I just plugged it in and it backs my machine up without any manual steps. So it can be used as an external without using any of the software that may have been on the drive. I hope this helps
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I dunno if it's a formatting thing, but I tried to plug in my portable 120GB external drive, and it blanked. My 1GB stick came up with a menu though, so there's gotta be a size limit somewhere, I just don't know where it it.
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No, it is powered by plugging into an electric outlet. The USB provides a connection into your computer. This not a bus powered drive, neither it is portable.