Will this support a portable hard drive (not the external HDD with the brick transformer)?
1604591
I have had no luck getting a portable HDD to work, so I switched to a self powered HDD.
1604592
I use a portable hard drive (segate) with my setup and works fine. This way you only need one power source ( for the DVR.
1604593
Yes I use a Toshiba Canvio 1.0 TB USB 3.0 Basics Portable Hard Drive - HDTB210XK3BA(Black) . Can record up to a few weeks for a couple cameras after you configure the motion recording in the camera setup. When hard drive gets filled it will record over it self. I also have the hard drive hidden behind a lock door for it does not get stolen or tampered with in case of breakin.
1604594
It should work either way. I even used a 64gb flash usb drive for a little while when my hard drive burnt up.
1180509
Although there are SATA to IDE converters they would not work in this case. The bare drive slides into the unit into SATA connectors on the inside back of the unit. There is not enough physical room for converters. You are better off looking for an IDE mobile rack.
656308
I don't use it for connect hard drive, but the voltage and ampers maybe working with it,, so there are another solution for connect hardrive. for example SATA/PATA/IDE Drive to USB Adapter Converter
1339727
I would think so... I have over 20 Portable hard drives linked into my PC. It is a HUB... it should takle anything that is attached.
1324261
Well it should it is a laptop compatible hard drive. What's your current hard drive specifications?
2186467
Yes. Powering the harddrive may be an issue if the harddrive requires power from a separate power plug (ie. other than the data connector plug).
2049826
No it wont, my bf tried to hook his external hard drive up and it didnt work. But there are ways around it im sure, just youtubw it
2100638
See: http://www.buffalotech.com/products/portable-hard-drives/ministation/ministation-1
2155188
It should. Since it is powered off the incoming USB port you have to be a little careful. Size of the disk has nothing to do with it. They do have different power requirements. If the disk is self powered, then there is no problem. If the disks are not self powered, while I suspect you will be OK, I would go with a powered hub.
1064163
I'm sure it would work but I have not used my hard drives yet. You might have to get a Thunderbolt connection.
1302303
YES it can, (even with USB3 HDD)if you don't need the extra power you don't need the power adapter.
687560
No, it won't even power the hard drive, I tried it and didn't work, probably using the current adapter may work.
389814
you're wrong this device is used to connect an internal hard drive as an external hard drive via usb, but in my case it did not work.
379133
It will only work if the adapter is needed to connect the hard drive to the computer port
368782
I tried hooking up a portable 2.5 2TB hard drive and it had trouble keeping it powered. However, when I attached a USB hub to the smart dock, I was able to plug the hard drive to the hub and it functioned without any problems.
1026142
I doubt it would work at all, it does not have the four pin slots to power the hard drive, but for the price, and if you're courageous enough to, it wouldn't hurt to try.
1250904
Yes, it will. I use mine in JBOD mode with different mfg (Seagate and WD) and hard disk sizes (2GB and 1GB). No issues with it that way.