Hey, I bought the one your talkin' 'bout here only I paid $119 at Best Buy. However haven't used it yet, and since Victor's post I am strongly considering returning it for one with a firewire plug because on my computer right in front I have one of those ports..
Patricia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linnette Whalen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 7:47 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] HARD DRIVES > It was a Western Digital Mybook 500 gb for approximately $139 at Stables > and > it had a usb cable to connect to the computer and a power cord. However, > it > did not require software and as I wrote in my first email, it was > recognized > both by my old computer running XP and now it works just as well with my > computer running Vista. > > Linnette > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tammy > cantrell > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 8:36 PM > To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] HARD DRIVES > > Would you mind sharing whaere you purchased this hard drive from? I know > you said it was a plug and use. Are you saying that there was no power > cord? Just wanted to make sure I understood what you are saying. Thanks > for sharing the information. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linnette Whalen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 11:11 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] HARD DRIVES > > >> Hello, I just bought a Western Digital 500 gb and it worked both on my >> old >> XP computer and my new Vista computer. It was a plug and use and no >> software >> was required. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of aiden >> gardiner >> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 11:18 AM >> To: Patricia Dunbar; blind-computing@jaws-users.com >> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] HARD DRIVES >> >> Hi Patricia, >> >> As joseph said, it doesn't matter what brand you get, and the drive gets >> recognised by xp instantly. however, some manufacturors provide a CD rom >> in >> the box. In my case, the CD has backup software on it, allowing you to >> backup your files and folders to the external drive. Someone please >> correct >> me if i'm wrong, but i think this is usually the case. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Aiden >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Patricia Dunbar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> >> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 3:50 PM >> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] HARD DRIVES >> >> >>> Hi Rick, >>> >>> I have went to this site here and copied this info as today I plan to >>> purchase a external hard drive and just wanted to ask quickly a couple >>> of >>> things.. >>> >>> 1. Does it matter what brand? *I use xp pro on HP machine >>> >>> 2. I had heard that just plugging this into a USB port that xp would >>> automatically recognize the drive so nothing else was necessary to copy >>> stored data to that device? >>> >>> Thanks for your help and the site you maintaine.. >>> >>> >>> Patricia >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Rick Justice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "blind-computing" <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> >>> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:49 AM >>> Subject: [Blind-Computing] HARD DRIVES >>> >>> >>>>A text tutorial on installing an OEM hard drive in Win XP can be found >>>>at: >>>> http://www.blind-computing.com/windows/xp/xp.php >>>> >>>> Richard Q. 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