External Hard Drive won't power up
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I've watched 1080p movies off of my USB external...works fine...
yeah, I know the drive I was running was one of those 'green power' drives. I'm thinking that def might be a contributor to the problem.
That all being said, I'd still get something better than just a usb external. I mean, you can put in whatever you want (except for green drives), but it'll be limited by the usb connection.
You really can tell the difference when you're using eSATA instead of usb. Depends what your budget is really, but if you can afford it I'd say go with the sata.
That all being said, I'd still get something better than just a usb external. I mean, you can put in whatever you want (except for green drives), but it'll be limited by the usb connection.
You really can tell the difference when you're using eSATA instead of usb. Depends what your budget is really, but if you can afford it I'd say go with the sata.
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Got the enclosure open, took off the rubber feet and went from there. It's running nicely as an internal drive now.
E-Sata drives seem to be around the same price as usb ones though. I was looking at some of the Fantom e-sata ones.
But, if I get a new drive, I may just get a normal internal drive and an enclosure separately. That means I'd just get an e-sata enclosure right? Would those cost anymore than usb enclosures? And does anyone have any enclosures they recommend (think I heard a person mention some "icy" enclosure or something)?
E-Sata drives seem to be around the same price as usb ones though. I was looking at some of the Fantom e-sata ones.
But, if I get a new drive, I may just get a normal internal drive and an enclosure separately. That means I'd just get an e-sata enclosure right? Would those cost anymore than usb enclosures? And does anyone have any enclosures they recommend (think I heard a person mention some "icy" enclosure or something)?
I recently bought myself a bunch of drives, and a hdd docking station. The station only cost me $50AU, and that supported 2.5" and 3.5" drives, and had connectors for eSATA and usb connections.
It works fine, I can swap drives in and out in seconds, and they get connected at sata speeds.
edit: btw, for brands on docking stations, I've found Voyager is pretty good.
It works fine, I can swap drives in and out in seconds, and they get connected at sata speeds.
edit: btw, for brands on docking stations, I've found Voyager is pretty good.
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That sounds awesome. I would probably only start with one drive, but the station would give me option to add more drives in for a LOT of storage.
Do the drives interface together at all, or is the station pretty much just a suitcase with usb ports and esata ports? Either way, it sounds pretty cool. I think I'll look around newegg for some.
EDIT: If I'm not missing something, the reason for having these docking stations is because internal drives cost less than externals that have the same space. Otherwise, you'd be better off just getting a bunch of externals, right?
Do the drives interface together at all, or is the station pretty much just a suitcase with usb ports and esata ports? Either way, it sounds pretty cool. I think I'll look around newegg for some.
EDIT: If I'm not missing something, the reason for having these docking stations is because internal drives cost less than externals that have the same space. Otherwise, you'd be better off just getting a bunch of externals, right?
A docking station is just like an external case, except it's really easy to swap a drive in/out. So in effect it turns your hdds into massive flash drives. It'll only fit one drive at a time.
And internal drives are exactly the same as the drives used in the external enclosures. There same drive you buy with an external enclosure is also for sale just by itself.
The reason why you'd get a docking station is it would allow you to quickly access one drive, then swap it for another, etc. If you want more than one drive in at a time, you'll have to buy either another external case or another docking station.
If you really want to go the whole hog, getting a bunch of external cases would be better, because you'd be able to access all your drives at the same time, without having to change anything. However, that would be quite expensive...
And internal drives are exactly the same as the drives used in the external enclosures. There same drive you buy with an external enclosure is also for sale just by itself.
The reason why you'd get a docking station is it would allow you to quickly access one drive, then swap it for another, etc. If you want more than one drive in at a time, you'll have to buy either another external case or another docking station.
If you really want to go the whole hog, getting a bunch of external cases would be better, because you'd be able to access all your drives at the same time, without having to change anything. However, that would be quite expensive...
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