RE: [OT] External hard drives (Done)

2010-03-04 Thread Ken Schaefer
...@jlta.com.au Sent: Thursday, 4 March 2010 2:55 PM To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: RE: [OT] External hard drives (Done) Just to add to noonie's comment, Dell laptops and desktops are renowned for not actually following the USB specification and providing insufficient power on the USB ports

Re: [OT] External hard drives (Done)

2010-03-03 Thread noonie
Greg, On 4 March 2010 16:50, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Thanks everyone for the advice. I believe Ken’s advice that if it’s just for backups and carrying files around then a USB connection is good enough. The guy in the shop pointed out that the 2.5 drives were the USB ones, and they