Just remember that power is not supplied over eSATA - you will need to carry around a power adapter or you will need to carry a USB cable (if the drive is a 2.5" one, power can be supplied over USB). If this is just for file storage, then it may just be easier to get an external caddy that has USB.
Cheers Ken From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Thursday, 4 March 2010 9:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [OT] External hard drives My wife needs an external hard drive for backing-up and carrying around her couple of hundred MB of work files. I've never owned an ext HDD or looked at them, so before I drive down to the local MSY (parts list<http://www.msy.com.au/Parts/PARTS.pdf>) to get one, I'd like to check first if there are any recommendations or traps to be aware of. Friends have ext HDDs with USB connections, but I suppose they are outdated now as our new office desktop machines have SATA plugholes on the back ... is that right? Cheers, Greg
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