What's the difference between this and the r7000? I've never plugged in a external USB hard drive before. What does this do for you?
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the r7000 has a faster processor in it and a faster connection at the 2.4GHz range (up to 600Mbps compared with up to 450Mbps on the r6300). Other than that it's seems very similar. with a hard drive connected you can have computors/laptops etc. auto backup your music, pics and vids, files, and even a restoration in case your device crashes. The saved files can be accesed by any device connected to the network.
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At this moment I am pulling data off an external USB drive that appeared to be totally dead. Clack, click, whiirrrrrrrr and never came online. I froze it. Not kidding: http://www.emergingtechs.com/posts/put-your-hard-drive-in-the-freezer-to-recover-data/ Mine works for about 1/2hr until the drive warms up again, then back into the freezer. Given this scenario it makes sense to know what is critical, get it first, and get the non-essential stuff later. All my important stuff is already recovered and now I'm copying over 40GB of "nice to have" stuff. As soon as this process is over I'm going to improve my backup scenario!
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I'm not 100% tech savvy, but I think the major difference would be speed, if I'm not mistaken. 3.0 is the latest standard, isn't it? I think the transfer speed makes the difference, in which case I don't mind this one because I don't have any 3.0 USB items....I'm not much help in this matter, I just needed extra ports because I've downsized from a desktop to a laptop temporarily, so when I saw this I just grabbed it. It works quite well for what it's worth. I'm sorry if it this doesn't help.
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Hello Justin. The drive is bigger than others but not so much. I can plug it with other devices without any problem.Regards.
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It does work with my flash drive, but I've never tried an external hard drive. I'm not sure how it would handle a hard drive with other types of files on it.
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Does the USB 2.0 port provide enough power for the external HDD? Or should I make sure to use an external HDD that has its own power source?
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I don't know what the WD hard drive calls for but I doubt it. This has the "micro" USB plug on one end, which is smaller than most external hard drives I've used have.
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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.
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I used one of these enclosures today ( an older generation ide version) The drive drew too much power from the single usb cable, so it needed a usb power cable as well. (Standard usb on one end goes in computer, the other end is a power tip.) I thought they were generic. I had it from another old enclosure. (Drives used to take more power so often came with more power cables), generally if they require over 500mA (look on the drive), it can't be powered by 1 usb port alone, I believe. Not sure on firewire, I think it can handle more power.
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this should work just fine with your PC I have yet to find an external hard drive that isn't universally compatible with all PCs. have a nice day!
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It work with my external HDs, and should be model independent (especially the one that run under its own power (not through USB alone). It also work with the HD that use USB power, but I personally feel that I cannot have a lot of that kind of HDs.
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Wait am I confusing this product this product with something else? You can't put a hard drive in this one right? Only External?
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This is my first experience with an external drive. I've had no problem with this item. I do suggest you get a larger capacity drive as the prices have been falling lately on the external drives.
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I have used flash drives but I am not sure if it will have enough juice for a external hard drive. It will play MP3's though, I would recommend you get one with a external power source or use a USB in-line power cable to make sure. Even if it does power it, you'd need to contact them and see if it was built for that or you might overwork and burnout that hardware after time.
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It acts as though it is an external drive. Just plug in and access your files, it's super easy.
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Well, a USB back up? SO you have turned it into a external hard drive? If so it most likley just needs to be configured into what you want it to do. Odd though, never had this problem with any hard drive I have ever worked with or bought.
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There are two usb ports, one for communication, the other for additional power.I thought the same that you did-- where can I get the adaptor. It turns out that the drive works happily on 2 USB connections-- and no power adaptor. Good luck!