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Un-boxing || Western Digital USB External Hard Drive

February 5, 2012 in usb external hard drive | Comments (0)

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Hey guys! This is a hard drive that I bought from currys or comet for around £80 i think. Hope you enjoy!

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Boot Windows 7 directly from a USB drive (run Win7 from a USB drive)

February 3, 2012 in usb external hard drive | Comments (24)

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Do you have a notebook with a faulty hard disk? Maybe you want to buy an external USB hard disk and install Windows onto that so you can boot from an external USB hard disk?
This video shows how to make a USB drive that will allow a system to boot Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 from it. See http://www.rmprepusb.com
This video is not about how to make a USB drive to install Windows onto another system’s internal hard disk, it is about actually booting Windows from a USB disk.
IMPORTANT: You need to install the Windows AIK after you download the ISO file. Mount the ISO file using Virtual Cone Drive CD (or burn a DVD from the ISO) and run StartCD.exe. Then run Windows AIK Setup from the WAIK menu. You may need to also install .Net Framework and MSXML too depending on your system.
A USB flash (pen) drive can be used (16GB or larger) but it is very slow. An external USB hard disk is better and 4 to 5 times faster. This procedure also works with Vista or Server 2K8.
Once you have booted it to Windows, you cannot use it on a different system unless you ’sysprep’ it. Use the ’sysprep for new system’ Desktop icon if you need to boot it on a different system.
To improve the disk performance once booted, enable disk write caching for the USB disk in Device Manager (Policies tab – Better Performance).
DO NOT INSTALL the SP1 update if you have installed the first release onto your USB drive – the SP1 update will make the USB hard disk unbootable afterwards (BSOD). You can install most other hotfixes, updates and drivers though (but avoid mass storage/SATA/IDE/Hard Disk drivers).

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Synology USB Station 2 Review

January 31, 2012 in usb external hard drive | Comments (25)

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The Synology USB Station 2 offers you a very cost effective solution to sharing the content on your external USB hard drives. If you have one or two spare drives lying around, why not put them to good use.

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Freecom Mobile Drive Mg Review

January 29, 2012 in usb external hard drive | Comments (8)

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This is THE sexiest portable hard drive on the market.

Available in 3 formats:
-320gb USB 3.0
-750gb USB 3.0
-750gb USB 3.0 + Firewire 800

http://www.freecom.com/Products/External-Hard-Drives/Mobile-Hard-Drives/Mobile-Drive-Mg

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HP SimpleSave Desktop USB External Hard Drive Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips

January 26, 2012 in usb external hard drive | Comments (0)

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As the name implies, this product is all about simplicity. Back up your files and PC quickly and easily.

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External Drive: Windows Will Not Detect My USB Flash Thumb Drive, Why? | Sleuth Q&A!

January 24, 2012 in usb external hard drive | Comments (25)

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Todays video addresses the known issue of external drives such as USB flash drives and USB thumb drives not being properly detected by windows. There are a number of reasons why a USB flash drive or USB thumb drive external drive will not be detectect by windows. The primary reason is because Windows simply doesn’t apply the proper drive letter to the USB flash drive or USB thumb drive as it is supposed too with all external drives. There is a quick and easy solution to this problem and this video will show you how.

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320 Gig USB Portable Hard Drive Western Digital Test Review CES 2009

January 21, 2012 in usb external hard drive | Comments (25)

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www.westerndigital.com My Passport™ Essential™
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Up to 91,400 digital photos
Up to 80,000 songs (MP3)
Up to 8,000 songs (uncompressed CD quality)
Up to 24 hours of Digital Video (DV)
Up to 140 hours of DVD quality video
Up to 38 hours of HD video
Mouse over each item to see how it was calculated.(Examples of the number of photos, songs, videos and any other files that can be stored on a hard drive are provided for illustrative purposes only. Your results will vary based on file size and format, settings, features, software and other factors.)
One gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes. One terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment.
Big capacity. Stylishly small.

Carry your music, video, and photos in style with WD’s My Passport Essential Portable Drive. Big capacity in a small elegant design. Available in eleven delicious colors. Pick the one that satisfies your appetite for style.hese elegant portable drives are simple to use, light and easy to carry, and require no power adapter — they are powered directly through the USB cable.* Works with Windows® and Mac®. Synchronize files between home and office and encrypt everything on the drive for added security.

Key Features
Sleek and colorful – This beautiful portable drive, available in eleven eye-catching colors, is light and easy to carry and fits smoothly in your hand or pocket.

USB powered – Powered directly from the USB port on your PC. No separate power supply is needed*.

Synchronized and secure – Plug My Passport into any PC, edit files, read e-mail, and view photos. Then sync all of your changes back to your home or office computer. Your data is protected with 128-bit encryption. (Windows only)

Compatible – Use with Windows® and Macintosh® computers

Includes Google™ software – Search your drive, manage your photos, and simplify Web searches with included Google software. (Windows only)

* An optional cable is available for the few computers that limit power from the USB port.

Ideal For

* Storing or backing up your digital music, videos and photos.
* Carrying important files and e-mail between work and home or on the road and keeping them in sync.
* Sharing large files between office and home, between PC and Mac.
* Pick from multiple colors to express your unique style.

System Requirements

Windows

* Available USB port
* Windows 2000/XP/Vista™

Macintosh

* Available USB port
* Mac® OS X 10.4.11+

Compatibility may vary depending on user’s hardware configuration and operating system.

Package Contents

* My Passport Essential portable hard drive
* USB 2.0 cable
* Quick Install Guide CES 2009 Consumer Electronic Show Preview

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Improve USB Hard Drive Speeds and File Copying

January 19, 2012 in usb external hard drive | Comments (24)

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http://live.pirillo.com – A community member emailed to tell me he recently bought a PCI 2.0 card. It’s advertised to get speeds of 280 megabits/second. In reality, he’s only getting about 84 megabits/second when transferring files. He knows this isn’t right.

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How To Add and Play Nintendo Wii Games From USB Storage Device – WBFS Manager

January 17, 2012 in usb external hard drive | Comments (24)

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How To Get, Add, and Play Nintendo Wii Games From USB Storage Device -WBFS Manager

After hacking the Nintendo Wii through my tutorial or someone’s else’s tutorial, you will have the opportunity to play Wii games through the USB Storage Devices such as Flash Drives

For Black and Red Wiis, this is the only way to get free games and play them
First, you must have an external usb hard drive or a usb flash drive

First of all, have some Wii games through torrents
I suggest thepiratebay.org
After downloading the torrents, extract all the rar files simultaneously and keep the Iso. file safe

Install WBFS manager 3.0

http://wbfsmanager.codeplex.com/releases/view/26808

Download the file for the setup of WBFS manager 3.0
Extract the rar file to reveal the setup exe
Perform the setup and install

Go to Start, Right Click Computer, Click Manage
Go to Disk Management, and right click upon the correct hard drive or USB Flash Drive that you want to use to put in USB wii games
Format the drive and leave everything default

Go into WBFS manager 3.0 and format the appropriate drive
Load the appropriate drive and then browse for the Iso file of your Wii game
Add the file and eject the drive after adding
Play the Wii game through the USB Flash Drive or Hard Drive

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How can I hook up an External USB Hard Drive to my PS3?

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I have an AcomData 120 GB, 7200 rpm, NTFS formatted, USB External Hard Drive. When I hook it up to my PS3’s USB port, the system can’t seem to even recognize the drive. It gives the little "loading" icon, so I know it’s receiving a signal (and the drive works fine on my PC), but after a few seconds, the loading icon goes away and I can’t find the drive listed as a connected device.

How would I go about getting the PS3 to even recognize my drive, let alone getting files off of it? Thanks.

I think the problem is the NTFS format. On a USB flash drive the PS3 reads the drive. The only diff. is the format. The flash drive has a Fat 32 format. The Fat 32 format works with other operating systems. I’m in the testing faze of repartitioning a 120 gig drive into 4-partitions in Fat 32. You can only format in Fat 32 up to 32 gigs. Thus you need to repartition the big drives down below to 32 gigs and use Fat 32. This is my guess and I will report back once I’m done.
Update! The external drive has to be Fat32. Windows will only let you format a drive up to 32 gig in Fat32. You have to use another software to format a 120 gig drive to Fat32 without partitioning the drive. Once you have the external USB drive in Fat32 you need to put the raw files (No Folders) in the drive to read them. When the external drive shows up on the PS3 main screen you need to highlight the external drive then hit the triangle button and highlight the "show all" . If you have music on the drive all the music files will show up. If you have pixs on the drive and you have to go back to the main PS3 screen and highlight the Picture icon and hightlight the external hard drive then hit the triangle button "View All" The pixs will show up.
I have found that if you copy the files to your hard drive you get a whole set of other options you don’t when you use an external drive. I have 48 gig of music and have upgraded my PS3 to a 120gig hard drive so I can put all my Music, Pixs and Home videos on the PS3 hard drive. When the files are on the PS3 hard drive it shows you a thumbnail of your Video’s and when the video’s are on a external hard drive it does not? The internal PS3 drive will take your pixs and file them for you by date (Month) and tell you how many pixs are in the (Month) folder and give you a thumbnail of the folder. You don’t get this with an external hard drive???