Hi,
Quick question about this unit. Does anyone use an unpowered hard drive with it? Does it work ok, or do you all use powered, desktop, hard drives?
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Hi,
Quick question about this unit. Does anyone use an unpowered hard drive with it? Does it work ok, or do you all use powered, desktop, hard drives?
Yes, no and maybe!
Some do, some don't, and I can not forecast which. If you want to use usb powered drives, then in my opinion, a powered hub is a must. Also, I've had more success with the drives with two plugs on, perhaps they get more power through, the Cortex was noted for not having a lot of power on the usb sockets.
I used to have a cortex for backup. Never used it on the road but tested it thoroughly with an unpowered hub and it worked fine.
Sorry, I misread your initial post. I thought you meant an unpowered hub (not an unpowered HDD).
It was a standard 2.5" 120Gb, 7200rpm laptop hard disk which was pretty much full at the point where I switched to laptop :D If you're looking to try and keep the power drain on the unit to a minimum, look at SATA SSD's (or just great big USB memory sticks) as these have no moving parts and much lower power consumption - however, I wouldn't worry - it can supply a lot more power through the USB ports than a standard laptop.
Julian
Hi Thanks,
Might just give it a try and see how it goes. Probably the best bet.