Re: install/remove external drive
- From: "Joe" <JoeSoapy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:54:29 -0000
"LVTravel" <none@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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What Sharon said about the USB hub is correct. If you do use one make
sure it is a powered one (has a wall plug adapter.) I have various
manufacturer's (BusLink, Acom, SimpleTech, Maxtor and USB drive cases
where I've put in my own drives (both 2.5" and 3.5") and never had any
problems using hubs.
What is the brand of your USB external hard drive?
From an earlier post - If you are going to want to use all the files on
the drive with both the Win 98 and XP computers, you must have the drive
formatted as a Fat 32 drive. Most USB drives come formatted that way. If
you can see the drive in Win 98 it is formatted as a FAT 32 drive.
"Sharon Fink" <sharonfDEL@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <DE97F90D-C7E3-4831-B32E-6EDBE3398620@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
amergal <amergal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks for your response. I found the user manual online and that
answered
all of my questions, BUT, created another one.
It states that I should not connect to a hub. I only have one USB port.
How would I connect my iPod? The external was bought primarily to store
my
iPod files.
When I read your original post a second time, I see that you had in fact
read your paper manual and that it lacked the information that you
needed. I'm glad to read that you've found a more detailed manual that
contains the information that you needed.
As for your new question: I've never understood those cautions about not
connecting to a hub as the ports on the computer are (internal) hubs!
My personal compromise has been to connect a device directly to the
computer for initial install - just in case there is a "real" need for
this connection. In the future and if it isn't something that needs to
be connected all of the time, I use whatever device with an external
self-powered hub. External USB drives are power-hungry and the would not
fare well on a USB hub that did not have its own power source or
adequate power source. USB hubs only deliver so much power and this gets
divided among the connected devices.
Sometimes moving a device to a different USB port means the install disk
needs to be presented a second time (creating pointers from that port to
already installed drivers) but after that I have seen no problems with
this method of managing USB devices. If a device has a caution like the
USB drive, it will be the only device connected on that hub at one time.
NOTE: This last tower I built has more USB ports than I know what to do
with - front and back - so the self-powered hub doesn't get used as much
as in the past. AND the drive that I'm using has its own external power
source - that means its power needs from the computer itself are
restricted.
If it's not safe to move the drive to a self powered hub, someone will
chime in rather quickly. (Newsgroupies have a tendency to correct each
other whenever possible ;))
--
Sharon F
MVP - Windows Shell
Hi I use a 4 port hub, my PV has a 500W power supply. The hub has a
external power supply that I never use. Bottom line is if the power for the
PC is high enough use a hub. It will work ok.
Joe
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