Are there external hard drives in the 150 GB range that do not require a power cord?

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Q. I am looking for small & inexpensive external hard drives to share a 120 GB video file. It has to be able to work on a Mac or PC.

The smallest I could find was about 250 GB for $45, but if there is something smaller and less expensive, do tell! (I need several to be able to share the 110 GB short film with a number of users.)

Answer
This one :

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Passport-Essential-Black-Portable-Drive/dp/B004445JK4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1309911230&sr=8-2

This one :

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Passport-Essential-Metallic-Portable-Drive/dp/B00466IEX4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1309911230&sr=8-3

This one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Passport-Essential-Midnight-Black-Portable/dp/B004445JHC/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1309911330&sr=1-2

This one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Passport-Essential-Pacific-Portable-Drive/dp/B004445JHM/ref=sr_1_5?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1309911330&sr=1-5

This one :

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Passport-Essential-Portable/dp/B002KPW5IS/ref=sr_1_9?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1309911330&sr=1-9

You can Also find them in www.Amazon.com

is it possible to give an external hard drive media player function?

Lynda G

So I have a 1TB hard drive its prob one of the first models as it is quiet big and requires its own power supply to run :'(

So is it possible to give it media player functions?
As it is a pain to hook it up to the laptop and then the lappy to the tv in order to watch stuff.

Thanks :)

Answer
Hi..

Here is a cheap media player for you , but it connects direct to the TV...
No need for the laptop go between..
As your external hard drive is not a portable one (USB powered) will still need to hook it up to a power supply.

Compatible with hard drives up to 1.5TB ...
Just use the usb cable you normally use to connect the drive to your laptop...


Sumvision Cyclone Micro 2
http://www.google.co.uk/search?aq=f&sugexp=chrome,mod=19&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=syclone+2#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=sumvision+micro+2&oq=sumvision+micro+2&aq=f&aqi=g4&aql=&gs_l=serp.3..0l4.7595.8227.1.9439.2.2.0.0.0.0.110.207.1j1.2.0...0.0.wfBLRuJEqOY&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=5c37ccd3c94b846&biw=1280&bih=709


PS...

I have version 1 and 2 i recommend 2 as it supports newer codecs...

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How to get media files to work on a ps3 from a portable harddrive?

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Erica

I have a Ps3 (fat version) and i have a 250 gig portable hard drive with media and music and pictures from off my computer and it doesn't work on my ps3 doesn't show up at all. any help?

Answer
First off, external drives have to be formatted in FAT32 for the PS3 to recognize them. I would check that yours is not NTFS. Second, the PS3 usb ports do not put out much power. I know some people have had issues when trying to use hard drives that do not have external power cables (powered through the usb cable). Once you get it going, you still might have some issues with music formats, but thats another issue all together,

Not part of your question, but another rout you might want to go, is streaming from your pc. Thats what I do, for both music and movies. As well as Hulu and youtube... If you decide to try that, you can either go through wireless, connect wired to a router, or straight to your pc. Couple free programs for this below.

http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/

http://tversity.com/

As for the hard drive, you might need to get either a self powered external, or a smaller one. Then format to FAT32... I would still keep the size below 250gig though, just because that seems to be another issue as well.

Good luck!

How come my portable hard drive is not showing on the computer?

Q. It is 500g
It has always worked but for some reason it just doesn't show up on my computer anymore
I have tried it on all USB ports and i have restarted my computer?
It usually has a blue light on the hard drive when my computer recognises it.

Answer
press Windows+R, and then type devmgmt.msc and then press ok. look for near the top: "Disk Drives". Then click on the plus and right-click your disk's model, and then go to uninstall and then OK. restart, and then plug in the drive. YAY

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