This is Joseph. Any hard drive will work with BrailleNote mPower. Please be aware of the foloowing note: BrailleNote mPower won't recognize hard drives formatted with NTFS file system. It'll recognize FAT32 drives. The reason is that Windows CE devices only recognize FAT family of file systems. If the hard drive is formatted with NTFS, then BrailleNote will try its best to reformat it using FAT32 (I tried it using my CF card.). If it can't then it'll pop up an error message. Most drives sold today are formatted with FAT32, so I would say that you can preety much buy any USB-powered hard drive. I hope this information may hlep you.
--- Peter Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't use the Western Digital Passport but, I do > use the Cgate. It has the > same emmory so I believe any will work with the > M-Power with a usb cord and > usb port. I just think Humanware is trying to > promote these specific > companies. I hope this helps out > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of John Panarese > Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 10:29 PM > To: 'Braillenote List' > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Hard drives and Floppy > drives? > > Does anyone know if that 80 GB external USB hard > drive is the only brand > that will work with the mPowers? I just saw a 250 > GB one from, I think, > Maxtor for about $100 on sale. > > Thanks > > > > John D. Panarese > Managing Director > Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. > 9 Nolan Court > Hauppauge, NY 11788 > Tel/Fax, (631) 724-4479 > Email, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com > > AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS FOR PORTSET SYSTEMS LTD, > COMPSOLUTIONS VA, PREMIER > ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INDEX, PAPENMEIER, > REPRO-TRONICS, PULSEDATA, > DUXBURY, DANCING DOTS, ROBOTRON, AND OTHER PRODUCTS > FOR THE BLIND AND > VISUALLY IMPAIRED > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of James Aldrich > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 12:07 AM > To: Braillenote List > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Hard drives and Floppy > drives? > > I may need to find that message but there is a USB > floppy drive available > from Best Buys which can be plugged into a USB port > on the M-power. The > older traveler disk drive doesn't work on the > M-power. > > Jim Aldrich > > At 03:45 PM 01/22/2006 , you wrote: > >Hi Rhonda et al, > >Well, I wasn't aware my floppy drive was no longr > an option with the > >Mpower! Thanks for cluing me! > >However, if I can copy my floppy disk files to a > CF card, on a > >compter, would I be able to read the CF card with > the Mpower? In other > >words, would the transferrred CF files have to be > converted somehow? > >KC > > > >___ > >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message > to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To view the list archives or change your > preferences, visit > >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message > to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your > preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message > to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your > preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message > to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your > preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
