do you plug the Iomega Prestige External hard drive in to an electric outlet as well as hte usb
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The Prestige External hard drive is plugged an electrical outlet, an adapter which is rated at 12V and 1.5A. USB is specified to provide 5V only. It also has a power on/off switch which I find handy.
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Has anyone tried to connect an external HD to the USB port and saved their files?
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It's powered by the USB cable it comes with. I'm happy with this hard drive. It has an extra usb power cable if main usb output is not giving it enough power
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Yes, but do not buy this hard drive. it is terrible. What they don't tell you is the hard drive must be plugged in to an outlet even while plugged into your computer via USB 3.0, because that will drain the battery and make it die if not attached to an outlet.
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Yes. If your drive has a power connector, you plug it in there, either directly or with the supplied adapter. There are 3 photos that show the complete setup clearly for different drive types, with instructions for each.
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Hi, great question. You do not need an external power source such as an AC transformer that you plug into a 120 volt receptacle. After installing a SATA hard drive to your Sabrent enclosure, just connect the included cable from your Sabrent enclosure to any USB 2 or 3 port on your computer which will supply the necessary power to run your external hard drive and also send and receive data between your computer and external hard drive. Same as hooking up any of the USB 2 or USB 3 portable external hard drives on the market that uses your computer's USB 2 or 3 port to run and transfer data, and does not require an AC transformer to plug into the 120 volt power to run the external hard drives. Hope that helps answer your question.
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I know you can switch to use an external hard drive but the box only recognizes one hard drive at a time. Meaning if you use an external drive, it won't let you access the internal hard drive until the external is unplugged.
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It may be plugged in but it needs to be configured in setup.ampedwireless.com. Once into the menu, select "More Settings". There you will see an option for "USB storage" and under that there are two choices: "Local Sharing" and FTP Server". Select "Local Sharing". There make sure the drive is recognized. If it is them make sure the workgroup matches your windows workgroup. If you don"t know what workgroup to assign then see : http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/join-or-create-a-workgroupI hope this helps.
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Hi Melanie, I have a laptop and have plugged in both Iomega and WD external drives as well as thumb drives with no problems whatsoever, and they can read/write back and forth as you deem.
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Iomega Prestige 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive 34275 Has worked fine so far (a couple of months).
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Yes you do. This is the one. Generic Premium External Power Supply 5v 1A 2A (1000mA - 2000mA) AC/DC Adapter, Plug Tip: 1.35mm x 3.5mm x 7mm, for USB HUB and 2.5-inch HDD Enclosure
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Mine has a Mini-USB 5v cord that came with it so I can plug it in for power. This plug also dual functions as the transfer cable as well so I only need 1 cord in order to access any of my micro drives.
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the drive requires the usb cable only! power is provided by your computer through that cable.
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You are correct on your question. I don't use the power cable for my external hard drive
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This drive is USB powered - it actually features dual USB connections in case one is underpowered on your computer. There may also be an option to use a separate power supply but I have not tried that.
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Yes, provided you use your laptop near an AC outlet; the external drive has its own wall-wart power supply. If you want an external drive that's as portable as your laptop, look at the many small portable hard drives that are designed to draw power from the laptop's USB port -- or in some cases, two USB ports for full-speed performance.
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Yes, the standard USB socket is too underpowered to operate this properly. If you plug this into most USB sockets, it will "blink and "beep". It is however an excellent external backup or extra external hard drive and very compact-Just buy the 110v power supply, you will need itMr Burke