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Sabtu, 31 Mei 2014

whats the cheapest portable hard drive?

slice_the_

hi, i would like to have more hard drive space for my laptop to play games such as half life 2, wow.ect... i need a cheap portable hard drive but it needs to work well. thanks...
sorry...i meant external

Answer
Lots of companies sell them, check newegg.com for current prices, or many other retailers such as amazon.

It's like asking the best place to buy eggs. It depends on who has them on sale, and how much the farmer's charge the markets depending on volume, etc.

Beware that just because a drive is labelled "portable" doesn't necessarily mean it is more safe from damage than one labelled "external hard drive".

Check the price and specs of various models, and read reviews posted by owners of the devices.

www.tomshardware.com is my favorite site for evaluating computer parts, but don't stop there.

External hard drives 1TB portable?

ginge

Is there any external hard drives 1TB that can be portable and don't require a power source ie. an adaptor? Or is there anything close to a 1TB? If so could you please provide links. Thanks in advance.

Answer
all portable hard drive powered by a USB drive. Check at Amazon for portable hard drives....but you can check the following link for hard drives as well.

Jumat, 30 Mei 2014

What is the best brand of portable external usb hard drives?

baseball

Im looking for a portable external usb hard drive to hold movies.

Answer
I would avoid Iomega like the plague. I have a 500gb that was full that died about two weeks after I bought it.

Have had pretty good luck with the Fantom drives. Still, on one of my Fantom drives, there is a "sector" that is inaccessible. The rest of the drive works and I can store data. None of my drives are old. Nevertheless, I have learned the hard way that external drives fail pretty regularly. In my experience, they have been far more unstable than internal drives.

I would recommend using Norton Ghost, True Image or a similar program to keep regular back ups of any external drives. Never paid much attention to backing anything up before, but I learned the hard way and have lost a lot of files, music, and video. My two cents ...

HELP. I DROPPED MY DADS BUFFALO 500GB EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE?

Duncan

ok ok, it was sitting on the cpu about 2 feet from the floor.
i accidentally kneed it when i turned around and it dropped.
and now the light thats supposed to be green wont work.
when i plug it, it turns on for 5 seconds then turns off
and its making silent buzzing sounds inside.
how do i fucking fix this? heeelppp please
im gunna get fucking grounded :(

here is what it is
http://www.prlog.org/10163742-buffalo-drivestation-500gb-usb-20-external-hard-drive-hd-ce500u2.jpg
thanks guys for the answers,
but is there anything positive that i
can get from this?

bcoz im in deep shit
can i get it fixed? or does my dad
has to buy a new 150$ hard drive..?

Answer
1. U beta hope & pray ur dad doesnt keep any important back-up data on it, if so its not some much the end of the world as u can take it to a pro (Computer store) and they can do a data recovery for you.

2. When you say the green light comes on for 5 seconds then goes off?, Is the computer on when you do this or is it off?, usually the device isnt going to run unless you turn the pc on, turn on the pc and try access the hard drive, there might be nothing wrong with it (Might = 50/50% chance).

3. The buzzing sound could mean the devise is try to reboot, Plug it in like it was in before, turn off all the power including the power to the pc and then turn it all on again. might fix it.

4. Physical harddisc reader inside is stuffed, Have to do some explaining, then assure him that it can be fixed at a computer specialist store, they might be able to recover ur data, but u might have to buy a new device for him...

if you have to buy a new one or he goes and buys a new one please avoid this kinda thing from happening agin by purchasing a Transcend one like this one (below), Called a "StoreJet 25M" comes in sizes 250GB to 750GB.
http://www.hardwaresphere.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/transcend-storejet-18m-portable-external-hard-drive.jpg

(Happened to me)

Can you use a portable hard drive to work with your PlayStation 3?

Jo-Jo

Answer
yeah i connect my 60gb portable harddrive to it all the time and the PS3 can play pretty much any video or audio file you have on it. But another good thing you can do is download a PS3 media server so that you can view all of the files that you have on you pc through your PS3 without having to transfer them to the harddrive.

Hard drive plug into a Playstation 3?

Q. Hi everyone

Im no computer head so I want to know if a Seagate Expansion 250GB USB2.0 Portable Hard Drive plug into a Playstation 3 ?

And if so is it a easy process ?

Answer
You can add an external hard drive to save games but you need a computer with access to the Internet to format the drive correctly BEFORE you plug it up to your PS3.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2222076_add-external-hard-drive-playstation.html

What type of portable external hard drive should I use for my laptop?

History Fi

I am looking for a Portable External Hard Drive for my HP laptop. I need one that has at least 2tb of memory and is fast but affordable (preferably under $150) I'm looking for a good reliable brand too. I just don't know where to start. If it helps any I have Windows 7.

Answer
You can get a 3 TB Western Digital hard drive from Amazon for under $150.00
I have a 2.5 and a 3.0 TB for my two laptops from Western Digital and they have worked flawlessly. One of my laptops is Windows 7 and one is Windows 8. I don't work for Amazon (retired postal service) but I really like Amazon for deals. Check them out and do some searching. I think you will find what you need.

What is the fastest usb 2.0 2tb external hard drive?

Dan

i have a acer revo r3700 with an ssd in it which will only store executables so i need 2 external harddrives one for backup and one for storing my media.

What is the fastest usb 2.0 2tb external hard drive? this i would use for media. tell me why you'd choose it, if there isn't a specific one please let me know a few good ones with different prices.
what spec should i look for when searching for a very fast hard drive.

what drive should i choose for backup?

I intend to put both drives in a dual enclose ( if they exist?) and i'll be carrying them around alot

Also how do i need to set up my harddrives so that the read/write speeds stay as high as possible?. and so that my ssd does not slow down or fill up?

Answer
When it comes to external hard drives there isn't any easy answer to which is fastest. This is because no external model will be fastest at both reading and writing data. When technology mags review external drives for speed then they are usually tested in four ways. Speed of reading and writing a limited number of large files and speed of reading and writing hundreds of individual small files sequentially.
For the fastest performance you should be looking to USB 3 as it is up to 5 times faster in real world use than USB 2. Even if your system has no native support USB 3, it is easy to add a PCI card to a desktop PC that does. There is a newer technology that is just emerging, invented by Intel, called Thunderbolt. But very few systems currently support and not many external drives do either.
The Western Digital MyBook range are very fast and within that range there are drives which support both USB 2 and USB 3 connections with capacities ranging from 1TB to 3TB. See here: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=240
The MyBook essential range have good read and write speeds for both large and small files but aren't necessary the top performing external drive in any one category. The different models include those with Smartware backup software and optional 256Bit AES encryption. If you look at the whole range from the above link i am sure will find a model that suites your needs.
If you need portability [as you suggest] then you will have to sacrifice a little speed but WesternDigital also have a good range of "MyPassport" and WD "Elements" drives, geared towards portability and vary in size up to 1TB. Very few portable drives exist with over a Terabyte of storage so you will need to balance your need for portability against the size of storage available.
You can see the WD portable ranges [and compare features] here: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/external/portable/

external hdd not recognized by mac with wii games?

the "emo v

Hello all, to get straight to the point i have a 500 gb external USB hard drive and i have a few wii games on it for my soft modded wii. I had been putting the games onto my hard drive from the wii until recently i found a website that i can download custom games such as guitar hero led zeppelin, nsmb the next levels and so on and so forth. Anyway the point is that after a few years of going through the PC i bought the new 2012 iMac and i got wbfs manager 1.2 on it but when i plug my hard drive into my mac it says that it can't use it. I've tried going through Disk Utility and mounting it manually from there but it just stayed greyed out. I would like to put some more custom games on it but i can't get it working right. I have all of my games at home on the hard drive and some from a few friends and i don't want them to be erased.

Thank you

Answer
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Macbook Air 2012 installing windows 7 on an external hard drive with a fake windows 7 CD?

Thekidtrio

Ok so. I want to install windows 7 on a mac. I've done it twice, the last time was with a Macbook Pro, and i bricked it. I don't wanna make that mistake again. So i want to install windows 7 on a external hard drive and use it on the Air, is that possible?

Answer
You can't brick a computer lol. Also to install windows on a mac base pc you have to use bootcamp simple as that.

Rabu, 28 Mei 2014

External portable hard drive?

Mommy MiMi

I am working between two differ computers . One at home & one at work, I need the same files on both computers. I need to share Microsoft Office & my pictures between the two. I need to work on the same images & documents at home & work. Would an eternal portable hard drive work for me? It would be so convent to just keep the pics & documents on something else like the portable hard drive, but I am clueless. Thanks for any help.

Answer
hey mimi that would work if you want you can just load them off the harddrive that way.

as an alternative amazon.com has 5gigs of free cloudspace - meaning you can upload whatever files/documents you want online and have access to them anywhere.

i would personally prefer a portable hard drive/usb thumb drive for privacy reasons/not wanting my stuff on the net. :)

Furthermore if your work doesnt have microsoft office there is a free program set called "OpenOffice" that you can download and its the same as m$ office just FREE.

what is the best portable hard drive based on flash memory storage?

genetomas8

Answer
I was just googling and came across this product hope it helps you

Western Digital WD Elements 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive
Designed with the same commitment to quality that made WD external drives the number one drives in the world, Western Digitalâs WD Elements USB 2.0 external hard drives are the right answer for simply affordable add-on storage. Just plug it in to a USB port and start saving your photos, music, video, and files. Kit contains; USB 2.0 external hard drive, USB cable, AC adapter, Quick Install Guide.
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Elements-External-WDBAAU0010HBK-NESN/dp/B002QEBMB4/?tag=klnprk22-20

High voltage can it damage a portable hard drive?

soumbooki

It's should be 12v but I used the 24v adapter, I know the power supply is gone, what would it effect the physical hard drive its self? Maybe replacing the power supply? I can hear a little spin on the drive for few seconds then its stops. Any suggestions?

Answer
Portable hard drives usually have something to protect them from power surges, but considering the circumstances, I doubt that the portable hard drive would have lasted... You should always ONLY use the correct voltage adapter required, if not, less. NEVER more, that is very dangerous, always follow whether you need AC or DC power, also. And if it's starting and stopping, that's not a very good sign, but at least it shows there MIGHT be hope. Give it a few days to a week without usage, and if it doesn't work after that, it's fried.

Why doesn't my computer register my Toshiba External USB/Hard Drive?

Derek Armo

Alright. I have a 500GB Toshiba External USB HDD USB Device, or basically a portable hard drive. At school, it registers the USB and I can open it and everything, but on my computer at home, my computer says it's plugged in, but it won't show up in My Computer, and I can't open it. I know it's not the wiring, or anything because the light on the USB lights up and everything, so how do I get my computer to register the USB and open it up?

Note: I'm using a Compaq computer with Windows Vista.

Answer
Open Disk Management, and see if it is detected, if so give it a dedicated drive letter.

Selasa, 27 Mei 2014

which laptop should i get?

Q. which one should i get and why?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Notebook-2-1GHz-Premium-Black/dp/tech-data/B002F9N5L0/ref=de_a_smtd

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1310483067.1254694602@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccddadeihjfejhhcflgceggdhhmdgml.0&category_oid=&sku=867908&page=Product&fm=2&sm=1&tm=2#productInformationSection

thanks

Answer
Between the two, I would get the Samsung R720 because it has a superior processor and larger hard drive.

Honestly though, those are two lousy laptop choices. I could give you a recommendation if you stated your budget and what you need the laptop for. For example, you can find better ones with smaller screens (trust me, 17" for a laptop makes for one non-portable computer).

So if I were you, I would browse Amazon.com for a computer with:

At least a 4-star rating and more than 10 reviews.
An intel core2 duo processor.
Dedicated graphics, preferably at least as good as GeForce9400M if you want graphics to look nice
4 GB RAM if you want one with Vista
At least 1280x800 screen resolution for a 13", larger for larger screens
Long batter life

I would recommend a MacBook for various reasons (total cost of ownership, quality of hardware, the operating system) but since it is so different from your listings maybe it wouldn't meet some of your specific needs.

So look around, find a nice 15" laptop (those are plenty big) with highish resolution and the specs I listed above, and make sure you can get a free Windows 7 upgrade (or just wait until laptops start coming out with Windows 7).

Can you help me pick a laptop please?

Answer
(warning)
It really depends on what you want in your computer, the biggest mistake someone could make in buying something is the way it looks.

(warning2)
*Laptops in my definition are only worthwhile if you're a student or a businessman/woman.* Or at someone who depends on a portable computer, not someone who wants the convenience. If you aren't under this category, I suggest to save your money and buy a regular computer.

(Type you might need)
You need to have enough ram and hard drive space to do whatever you want. Specialized functions require different hardware, ex. 16:1 media-card reader for someone who might use various cameras and memory cards.

(Gamer)
If you like playing the latest computer games, you should get a laptop with at least 4gb ram, 320gb hard drive and 1gb video-card.

(Student)
If you're a student, at least 2gb ram to run microsoft(reserved) home and student. If you need the basic and your a student; get a notebook.

(Businessman/woman)
If you work at the office: 4gb and 500gb. *Note*-specific tasks might need good-quality sound-cards, video-cards, built-in security (fingerprint scanner), etc...

(Operating Systems)
It really doesn't matter what you get: unless you've never heard of the computer brand before. Although that new O.S. is coming out soon from Microsoft, so I'd suggest looking around for free future upgrades attached to the laptops.

(Processors)
To sum up, processors are important, I haven't really noticed a difference in the brands of processors. Intel(r) and AMD(r) seem to be doing the job right, so you can't go wrong with either one of them. In conclusion, the stats I gave should be able to get you the right processor. I really hoped that helped you out.

*Note, careful with the "freebiejeebies" website mentioned, it sounds suspicious to me. They could be giving away zombie-computers or viruses.* Otherwise, Macbooks are considered state of the art laptops: for a very hefty price.(Their hard drives are solid-state which makes them almost silent, and it also makes the computer faster by being closer to the ram response.) If you ask me though, it's way ahead of it's time and not worth the price.

Xbox 360 bf4 hard drive required?

zack

So I bought a used copy of battlefield 4 on the 360 yesterday at gamestop. When I got home,that night I tried to do the 2GB install into a flash drive and it wouldn't let me,it has to be a hard drive. So is there any way possible to install it onto a flash drive or the 4Gb memory? And I found this old HP Simplesave portable hard drive that connects via USB,will this work?

Answer
It has to be an actual internal hard drive. USB drives will not work.

Can you use a regular portable computer hard drive for the Xbox 360?

UVI

Answer
well in theory yes because thats all the hdd is for the 360 but no because you have to have the adapter part for it to connect to the 360 and you have to have the software already on the harddrive or it wont work with the 360 its better to just suck it up and buy a hdd

Can some one help me with my new Portable Hard Drive [several questions really ; Mac]?

jx2_117

I got a SeaGate portable Hard Drive. And i have a Mac. i just want to use it as a giant Flash Drive and not is a backup disk and i got several questions about it:

1. Can i treat the hard drive as a USB or is it for back up purposes only?

2. There's a whole bunch of stuff already in it and i think it's installation for Windows. what do i do with it?

3.i read online that i can use Disk utility to erase the stuff on it [because the disk cant be modified i can't move the files to the trash]

4. Should i do what Time Machine backup tells me to do?

5. How can i get it to work more like a Flash Drive than a back up disk.

i'm sorry if i sound stupid / asked a stupid question. it's my first time buying a portable hard drive and using Time Machine. Thanks for your help.

this is the Hard Drive
http://gnagri.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/seagate_freeagent_go_1.jpg

Answer
1. If you can connect it to Mac and it recognizes it, you can use it any way you want, provided the format of your drive is HFS+ or FAT, or a bunch of other rare formats that might work. There is only read support for NTFS - but there are programs that allow you to get write access too. If that is what you need, try MacFuse (it's free) to get access to your NTFS drive.

2. If you need that Windows stuff, keep it, burn it to dvd for backup or trasnfer it to your Mac's hard drive. It seems from what you say that you should keep it. My recomendations on what to do are in #5. Otherwise, delete it.

3. Yes, you can do that. If your disk can't be modified it can be because Mac doesn't support write access to NTFS formatted drives - see above, #1. And Disk Utility can format your drive - it was one of the reasons it was made.

4. No, or at least not yet. Time Machine is a beast - an aquaintance of mine discovered Time machine fills up every bit of space it has access to in the place it is told to back up to the hard way - his portable hard drive was full of Time Machine's backups when he wanted to store some files on it for himself.

5. This is my recommendations. If you wish to purely use it as a flash drive, take out the important files, and go ahead, wipe the drive completely and format it to FAT or MSDOS, whichever appears in Disk Utility. If you wish to use as both a flash stick and a backup, it gets hairier. Take out every file, go to Disk Utility, select the Portable Drive and under Partitions, split it into two partitions (pick wisely the size of each). You may or may not have to format to HFS+ (because Mac might not allow to make Time Machine backups to non-Apple-formatted media). Now in one partition put your files for your flash-stick part of the drive and on the other one, follow the instructions Time Machine gives you but set Time Machine to back up to that partition. Be extra careful - If it says to you that it wishes to use the entire drive, don't go ahead.

looking for a portable hard drive that works seamlessly between mac/pc. I work on both.?

trouble

Answer
Pretty much any USB portable hard drive that is Plug-and-Play Compliant will work on both Macs and PCs, providing you use a file system that works on both. NTFS is the standard for PCs, but Macs can only read files in that file system, not write them. A file system that will work with both Macs and PCs is FAT32. You can format your hard drive to FAT32 using Windows, just google it. A recommended hard drive for you is this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822116161

Senin, 26 Mei 2014

External Hard Drive Help?

Katie Jone

I want to purchase an external hard drive to hold movies, pictures music etc and I have found 2 online at amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Expansions-250GB-External-Portable/dp/B001XLX1SI/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_2

and

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-500GB-Expansion-Portable-Drive/dp/B001XM4P1O/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_3

I was just wondering however are there any other main differences beside the price and the amount of memory. I also couldn't understand why it was such a little price difference fr double the memory?

Answer
I went to the seagate site and didn't find any answer as to the difference

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=hard-drive-basics-dn&vgnextoid=2df42bb581b51210VgnVCM1000001a48090aRCRD

I did notice , on the amazon links, that although the weight for each hd is the same the boxed product weight is a little overt 3 times for the 500gb model, 898 to 295

wonder why that is? and now I'm wondering , how do you contact amazon to ask a question about a product? could just be a typo

Can I attach an external hard drive to my laptop and access the files like they are on my laptop?

Cheryl

My laptop hard drive is almost full. I want to know if I can attach an external hard drive to my laptop and still be able to access the files like they were on my laptop's hard drive? I want to move three years of pictures and videos off my current hard drive, what size hard drive would i need?
i think my hard drive is 80 gb .. all i know is it is saying only 3 gb left in red !!! i thought it was my pictures using up all the space but when i selected all it said only 30 mb ... so i don't really know why my hard drive is used up ???

Answer
Yes. Anything similar to these will work fine:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_12?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=usb+portable+hard+drive&sprefix=usb+portable

I purposely searched for drives powered by a usb port, instead of drives that need an additional external power supply. With a laptop, who needs another cord?

What size would depend on how much you need to move. Sorry, no psychic ability here, lol. How big is the HDD you have now? I'd personally go for nothing smaller than 500GB. Better to have too much space, than not enough.

Also, you should always have at least 2 copies of important files. What if your HDD in your laptop went belly up? Do you have a backup copy somewhere? If not, you can kiss those videos and photos goodbye.

ok i see hdd and regular hard drive out there for sale for the 360 is there a difference? i have a arcade 360.

i8somebrow

im just want to know if the is a speacial hard drive i need to get for my 360 or will they all work???

Answer
http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/tag/hard%20drive/
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/install-your-own-120gb-xbox-drive-save-100-254502.php
ones external and one comes already shipped with xbox and it has to do with the size of mg

Can I use my Zune as an external hard drive?

Mihogan

Ok, I asked this question recently, but I didnt get any good answers, so I'm trying again.

Anyway, heres what I want to know. Could I use my Zune as an external hard drive? I want to be able to use it to back up all of my music onto. I am doing this just in case my computer crashses (again). However, I am not sure which of the following would happen after my computer crashes:

1. I plug in my zune, use the hack to allow me to see it as a hard drive in Windows Explorer, and then I can copy the music in my zune and paste it back onto my computer.

OR

2. I plug in my zune. The software loads up, and it automatically starts to update my library (My library at this time would be empty, because my computer would have recently crashed, and therefore the Zune would update in accordance with my computer, deleting all the music on my Zune.

Which would happen? I'm hoping Number 1

Also, a side question. Not required unless you know the absolute answer. If I did the hack (like the one shown in this link: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/how-to-use-the-zune-as-a-hard-drive-217024.php ) BEFORE MY COMPUTER CRASHED, would it still work AFTER my computer crashes? Or would i have to re do it?

P.S. When I saw "crash" I am also referring to things like restoring my computer to the earliest possible time. Thanks in advance and sorry for any confusion with this question

Answer
Make your backup using the Zune software, then if your PC crashes the Zune software can be used to copy the music back to your PC. You don't need to use the hack if its just for music.

Is there a 7200 RPM USB Hard drive?

WoodyS

I am told I need a fast hard drive for a particular application on my Windows 7 machine. 7200 RPM is suggested. Does anyone make a fast USB 7200 RPM hard drive?

Answer
Virtually all 3,5ich hard drives for desktop systems are 7200RPM. The fastest consumer "internal" desktop models use 10000RPM. "Raptors"

Laptops either use slower 5400RPM 2.5 inch disks or some now have 7200RPM also.

Some USB external drives are 7200RPM and some [particularly portable external drives for laptops with no external power supply] are 5400RPM. It is always clearly marked on the packaging.

The WesternDigital MyBook series are all 7200RPM and are very good performance and good value too. Plenty of different sizes [500GB up to 3TB] and both USB 2 and faster USB 3 models if your system supports USB 3. See here: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/external/desktop/

best external hard drives?

agogobro

looking to purchase an external hard drive. hopefully one that is firewire 800 and 7200 rpm and also has one 1tb. i don't really want anything too expensive, hopefully around $150? does anyone know which are the best hard drives?

Answer
If you want the best external hard drive with FireWire 800, the G â drive one terabyte external hard drive is the best. It has every cable included, a huge on and off button to easily access, a strong metal casing closure, ventilation to keep your hard drive cool and it is very quiet. This external hard drive is made with durability compared to the flimsy enclosures out there that you see today.

Take a look at the G â technology G â drive external hard drive here...
http://www.amazon.com/G-Technology-External-Firewire-Interfaces-0G00199/dp/B002LITG7M/?ie=UTF8&tag=utf8-qid-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325

if you are looking for something cheaper, the next best external hard drive will be the Seagate expansion. It is pretty much a plug-and-play connectivity like the G â drive that has a USB 3.0 interface. It stays cool, quiet and the only downside is that it only has a one year warranty.

Learn more about the Seagate expansion here...
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Portable-External-STBX1000100/dp/B00834SK5W/?ie=UTF8&tag=utf8-qid-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325

My Seagate 500gb Expansion Portable Hard Drive suddenly won't turn on!?

Darrien th

I've been using this thing for about a year, and have had no problems whatsoever. I lightly use it (1-2 hours at a time) for storing my composed electronic music. Well after taking a break for about 4 days, I decided to crack back into my songs, and my portable expansion hard drive will not turn on! I've tried multiple outlets, unplugging it, and other methods and the light still won't come on. It's not a computer problem, because, normally, even when the USB is disconnected the green light flashes periodically, and it's not doing that.
Is it possibly the AC Adapter? and if it did fail, is there a way for me to recover all of my expensive AF software and information I've stored on here?

*If you're going to be a d*ck and answer with "Yeah bro seagate sucks" then go somewhere else, that's not what I asked.

Any help is appreciated!

Answer
You could try purchasing another ac adapter to test and see if this is the causing the issue.

In most cases, it's possible to recover the data as long as the hard drive itself hasn't gone bad. You'd need to crack open the case (thus voiding any warranty, but if you've had it for a year or more there probably isn't one now). Inside the case is your usual hard drive that you'd find...Yours is probably a 2.5" SATA since its a portable hard drive (same as whats in a laptop) so you could just buy a SATA to usb cable and plug the HD into your computer and see if you can access the data that way (would work the same way as you normally accessed it).

The cable itself is usually no more than 10 bucks on amazon at max. Hopefully this helps! If the computer doesn't recognize the drive, then there is a much large problem at hand and you could send it to seagate for recovery but it'll cost you a pretty penny to have that done (over 1k) so you have to decide if its worth it.

Which is the best 500gb external PORTABLE hard drive available in the market now.?

hai

Answer
I do not know about best but check out these links for Black Friday. If you ask me these are great prices. Hope this helps. Good Luck with your future purchase.

http://bfads.net/Best-Buy Look under computer components.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Western+Digital+-+My+Passport+Elite+500GB+External+USB+2.0+Portable+Hard+Drive+-+Titanium/9535318.p?id=1218120536881&skuId=9535318&st=9535318&cp=1&lp=1&AID=10474050&PID=2187655&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestbuy.com%2Fsite%2FWestern%2BDigital%2B-%2BMy%2BPassport%2BElite%2B500GB%2BExternal%2BUSB%2B2.0%2BPortable%2BHard%2BDrive%2B-%2BTitanium%2F9535318.p%3Fid%3D1218120536881%26skuId%3D9535318%26st%3D9535318%26cp%3D1%26lp%3D1&ref=39&loc=01 Link to above hard drive on Best Buy website.

http://www.blackfriday.info/sales/target-black-friday-ad.html Another hard drive at Target. Look under hard drives.

Can I use a portable hard drive?

portiarayl

The hard drive in my computer doesn't work, so I have to buy another. Can I just buy an external one or do I need an internal one?

Answer
Since your internal drive is connected using a SATA connection and an external is connected via USB an internal hard drive works faster so it's recommended that you get an internal hard drive to install your operating system and other applications on. External drives are usually for file storage. Also your BIOS will most probably have a problem booting from your external drive as it looks for an internal drive to boot your operating system from and it's your operating system that allows you to connect your external hard drive using the USB drivers.

So no, it's very unlikely that you'll be able to get by with an external HD alone.

what is the best portable hard drive to buy to backup all my software ?

blondguy04

I,m want to know what is the best portable hard-drive needed to backup my software and what the difference in portable hard-drives?

Answer
If you have High-speed internet then i would recommend using the Cloud

Reasons:
* Portable Hard-drives have a high failure rate ( Hard drive error, you drop it, magnets, water/weather)
* High Startup cost ($99+ for a cheap one) and warranty is usually limited
* You have to carry several pounds around
* Need to have more power to use it
* Easy for someone to steal your drive
* You don't have the drive with you then you can't get to your data

Reasons for Cloud:
* Secure and Encrypted
* Comes with backup software that you can schedule and will back it up
* Easy access from any computer in the world to your data
* Data can't be lost/destroyed
* Low monthly/yearly fees for data, as storage gets cheaper prices will fall.

I use the following: http://www.ignite360.com/secure/store click on "Ignite Backup" you can click on "More info" to see PDF explaining it with screenshots

Minggu, 25 Mei 2014

Is there an external hard drive for xbox 360?

Revofevil2

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You can connect a portable hard drive with a USB cable into your Xbox. I don't think you can save games or anything related to Xbox onto the HD, but you can use it for music, pictures and videos. The standard computer hard drive doesn't have the correct format to hold Xbox content. You have to format your hard drive to FAT32 before using it though. You can do that by downloading partition magic off the Internet and creating 4GB FAT32 partitions. You can make partitions without downloaded software depending on your hard drive storage capacity. Look at the source for more details.

I need help with formatting a hard drive for Xbox 360?

leannz0r

I just got a new xbox 4gb. I've got a 'Western Digital Element's 1TB External hard drive that I already had and I tried plugging it to the xbox to see if I could play my music, pics etc.. but it won't show up as a portable device. I've also tried to play original xbox games and it tells me I need an external hard drive..I noticed there's a option on the xbox to format your hard drive and that It deletes everything.. I wondering if it's worth copying all my stuff from my hard drive to my pc and formatting the hard drive via the xbox? and would I be able to put the stuff back on my external from the pc after? I've read a lot of articles on the internet about the hard needs to be FAT32 and something about you can't have FAT32 over 32gb? Everything I've read has confused me a bit more! I was wondering.. would the xbox format it to fat32 and decrese the size of my hard drive in general? Or would it be better to format it on the pc? Does it create a fat32 partition and the rest of the space left is normal or would it turn my external in to a 32gb external?
If you can understand all my rambling there I would really really appreciate help!

I was going to experiment with with a small flash drive I have that I don't mind ruining but I tried plugging it in to the xbox and the casing on it is too big and won't fit, what a pain!

Thanks

Answer
An external PC HDD will not let you play backwards compatible original Xbox games. You need an actual 360 hard drive to do that. Partitioning it to FAT would reduce the size for the part you're trying to use. It's best to just use a flash drive instead. They're already FAT.

Why cant my 140$ Hp Simplesave 1TB portable hardrive run readyboost?

iamscott10

I bought this so that i could run 16gb readyboost ram. I updated my os to windows 7 and it wouldnt run with readyboost. Can anyone tell me why my state of the art portable hardrive wont run with readyboost but my old ass usb 4gb port thing is able to run it.

Answer
Windows does not allow hard drives to run readyboost because they do not have as fast of read/write speed of a flash drive. It is also recomended to use a dedicated USB flash drive for readyboost because other data stored on it can slow down how readyboost works. So no matter how nice and big of a hard drive you get, it just won't work.

Which external hard drive should I get?

Israel

I want to get external storage to save all my downloaded movies and tv shows. At first I was thinking of just getting a USB hard drive but they're really expensive! I started to look into external hard drives and a lot of them are around $70 for 1TB. Which would you recommend? My laptop has USB 2.0 ports. Some of the external hard drives say they're backward compatible with USB 2.0, so if I were to get an external hard drive that uses USB 3.0, but is backwards compatible, it would be able to work on my laptops USB 2.0 ports?

Here are some of the external hard drives I like. Feel free to suggest other ones that you think are better, with a link to it preferably! Also I would prefer it to be compatible with Mac and PC because I have a PC right now but I will upgrade to a Mac in the near future. Thanks in advance!

HP 1TB Sliver Brushed Aluminum Portable Hard Drive - http://www.amazon.com/HP-Brushed-Aluminum-Portable-HPHDD2E31000AS1-RBU/dp/B00BMJB2JG/ref=sr_1_24?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1382501222&sr=1-24&keywords=1+TB+USB+2.0+Portable+Hard+Drive

BUFFALO MiniStation Stealth 1 TB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive - http://www.amazon.com/BUFFALO-MiniStation-Stealth-Portable-Drive/dp/B00822GHEQ/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1382501222&sr=1-5&keywords=1+TB+USB+2.0+Portable+Hard+Drive

WD My Passport Ultra 1TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 with Auto and Cloud Backup - http://www.amazon.com/Passport-Ultra-Portable-External-Backup/dp/B00EAS8MWQ/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1382502154&sr=1-2&keywords=1+TB+USB+2.0+Portable+Hard+Drive

Answer
You could go with the HP 1 TB HDD.
Since it has backwards capabilities that would work with your PC and your Mac in the future.

In a lot of the computer forums a lot of folks go with the 1 or 2 TB drives.
Mostly Western Digital and HP seems to be the top merchandise purchased.

A few people have complained that they have had problems with the Sea Gate brand so you might
want to stay away from that brand.

The Solid State Drives are nice but they are expensive.

You also have the option of purchasing a internal HDD and installing it.
It would be fairly easy to install. The (SATA) cable that comes from the power supply plugs into the
back of the HDD. The other cable (smaller plug) plugs into the motherboard.

You will have to format and or partition your new device to put movies and etc. on it-
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57401784-285/the-best-ways-to-format-an-external-drive-for-windows-and-mac/
http://www.wikihow.com/Format-an-External-Hard-Drive

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