You can buy the CompactDrive and purchase a seperate HD.. Both options are available I think.
2007/2/18, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Do they come with a hard-disk built in, or do you have to buy one > separately? > > -- > Bob > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Mark Cassino > > Sent: 18 February 2007 04:11 > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Compact Drive 70x Question > > > > I finally got around to ordering a Compactdrive 70x as a portable > > storage device. I wound up buying one with an "80" gigabyte drive > (80 > > million bytes, 74 megabytes, but who's counting...) > > > > If anyone here is using a similar setup - a couple of questions. > > > > First, the verified write mode does not seem to work at all with SD > > cards. (That's the mode where the drive reads and verifies > > each file.) > > It terminates after the first file with a verification error. > > It works > > fine with CF Cards though. I have three brands of SD cards (SanDisk > > > Ultra III, Transcend, and Dane Elec) and it works with none > > of these. Is > > anyone else using this mode with SD cards? I'm wondering if I > > got a bum > > unit. Non-verified transfers from SD cards work fine, BTW. > > > > Second - batteries. I bought this because it is supposed to > > work with 4 > > AA batteries, but my NiMH batteries seem to work on a fresh > > charge for a > > short while, but if they sit in the device for just a few hours they > > > can't put out enough voltage. The drive poops out with a #19 error, > > which means no hard drive present. Oddly, it's not the #20, "Bad > > Batteries" error. But fresh batteries (or using the power supply) > fix > > the problem, and checking the batteries is recommended in the > > manual for > > this error. > > > > These batteries are 1800 mAh Energizer brand, bout about 3 > > months ago. > > Granted - they have seen little use since I got them, and I'm in the > > > process of completely draining and recharging them for a couple of > > cycles to see if that helps (over the last few months they have been > > > charged, died with no use, recharged, a few times.)But I > > wonder if the > > Compactdrive can run off regular AA alkaline batteries or > > lithiums? The > > manual states that it is intended to work with NiMH rechargeable, > but > > never says not to use alkalines. I also wonder if the large HD is > > draining more juice than a smaller drive would, and is dropping the > > battery voltage during power up and self test... > > > > Any thoughts on these problems would be appreciated. I bought a > fresh > > set of NiMh batteries and they are in there charging now, so > > maybe that > > will solve the battery issue. > > > > - MCC > > > > > > > > -- > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Mark Cassino Photography > > Kalamazoo, Michigan > > www.markcassino.com > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
