External disc drive Has anyone tried to use one with the Chromebook yet?
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It works fine.I just hooked up a USB hard drive to my Acer Chromebook and it can navigate all the files and folders.I played an MP4 video file and an MP3 video file which both opened in the Media Player app.I've read it will play anything that Flash / Chrome will play.I don't think it will play offline avi's but I'm not sure.
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can you make folders and save files from the web?can you download music and videos and save them to that drive?
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Does anyone have any recommendations for purchasing an external CD/DVD drive? Will any one do?
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You need to get a DVD external drive. I got the Asus drive and it works great and is small enough to fit in my laptop case when I travel.
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Sorry, I'm not familiar with the Chromebook. I used this with a Macbook Pro.
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I don't know about a DVD drive, but I have attached my external hard drive with no fuss at all. It treats it like a memory card. I would worry about a DVD drive, though, needing an extra driver or two.
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This is a better question for Google, the drive is formatted in NTFS file system, The chromebook would reqire some sort of chromebook driver to work.
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I have never used a chromebook but can see no reasona why this wouldn't work with a Chromebook. I have used them with mAC and windows computers without problems.
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I have successfully transferred data from discs in an external USB-connected caddy, such as a Cavalry. I have not tried it with several in the Mediasonic as JBOD, but have my doubts. I'd try getting one external hard drive to act as a bridging device (ideally big enough to accommodate the 2TB drives if they are not full) than make the 2TB drives into a 6TB RAID array.
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I found that I did have trouble if i tried to plug into an external USB extension and had to go directly into the computer - but it sounds like you already did that so I'm not sure. Did you try to just bring up a Windows explorer session and see if there is new drive listed?
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That would be an unfortunate no, (unless you have serious soldering skills and can find a compatible unit). Go to Youtube and search Toshiba Chromebook SSD upgrade fail. The motherboard, as seen in the video, also shows space for an additional 2GB of ram. I have this Toshiba, and I also have an Acer C720 4GB (with upgraded 128GB SSD). For the way I use my Chromebooks, I can find no difference in performance between the two. If you want to add more local storage, the Toshiba does have a SD card slot that leaves none of the card sticking out (very nice). I started with a 64GB card but I just got a 128GB card (it was as much as the SSD I put in the Acer). I have no problems playing back 1080p video from the card. the only thing I don't like is that every time I log on the files app opens up because it detects the card.
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The Chromebook comes with about 16GB HDD space. if you need more than that, then you can save your docs on a USB/external thumb-drive & just plug that in the chrome-book for additional "local" (or offline) storage.With the prices of USB TDs dropping drastically, it may be a more cost-effective solution than online/cloud storage (which usually expires after first free year, unless you pay for it).
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I am using MyPCBackup which works fine and I have also used a Toshiba external drive for backup. The backup up and down loads very easily.
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I don't see a CD-RW device on the list of supported devices from Google: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/183093?hl=enI also found this thread (a little dated, from 3/2013) about just using a CD drive (not a CD-RW) and the user said it was not compatible: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/sites/s8fWpKU5DkA
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Netbooks don't have disc drives for CDs. I bought an external drive but never use it. I usually find an ISO for anything I want to install or I make an ISO on my other computer and share it.
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For me I found external hard disks worked, but I would get short term disconnects. I replaced my hub with a Anker hub and haven't looked back:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GSLMTQ8/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Has anyone tried to connect an external HD to the USB port and saved their files?
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External DVD drive would be the best option. Optical drives are atypical on lightweight ultrabooks.