On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 07:55:27PM -0700, Steven Bowers wrote: > I'd like to attach an external USB hard drive to my 3.7 machine so > that I can back various files on a scheduled basis. Not having used a > USB drive before thought I would ask here about them first. Generally > speaking are they all compatible? Are there specific brands/models to > stay away from?
All of them are supposed to conform to the USB Mass Storage specifications and as such should work. There are some devices that don't properly implement the spec and have to have workarounds but these are quite a small subset of the available devices out there.
