How Do Portable Hard Drives Work?

javagrl

I got a Western Digital 500GB Portable Hard drive for x-mas and I want to use it to store my photos on there instead of on the computer. I'm a photographer. I have never used a portable hard drive before and was wondering is it just where I can drag and drop files into my portable hard drive or will it sync to my computer and store everything in there? Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, no mean comments please. I would like it to be a drag and drop thing since I only want to store photos on there. Any advice would be great.

Answer
treat it like any hard drive, you can drag and drop files like you can with any flash drive or other storage device.

what external hard drive should i get?

Katie

I have a Macbook pro running os x 10.4.11....
I am a photographer and need to store the 100s of dvds full images some were other than in boxes under the bed!

having gotten all confused by spending the afternoon looking at the many options and poor feedback ratings. i need some help

i dont know if the system i am running is out of date for the new massive storage models of hard drive.

could any one suggest a reliable, easy to install hard drive ?

thanks x

Answer
buy a western digital
1 dvd is about 5Gb so 100 would be 500GB and for the future i would by 1TB or 2TB Hard Drive

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=725

if you keep at home and want to use it for like 5 years
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=621

if you need portable hard drive
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=720
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=569

A ultimate hdd
not portable but very fast good for photos and videos
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=756

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