im looking for a portable hard drive that doesn't need an external power supply. im looking for one that is approx 30gig plus in size. its mainly to be used to plug into a car stereo to play music stored on it. can anyone recommend one please????
Portable hard drive
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Are you sure the Car Stereo can read a device that large? I had assumed they were meant to read only USB Pen Drives, probably only FAT formatted so a max of 2Gbytes?
I guess you would have to format it with FAT32, not NTFS.
You'll be limited to a 2.5" drive and it will have to work on 0.5 amps of current, if the stereo will provide that much through it's USB port.
I have a 60Gbyte WD Passport, it's been faultless. This is the current product:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-115-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=170
I guess you would have to format it with FAT32, not NTFS.
You'll be limited to a 2.5" drive and it will have to work on 0.5 amps of current, if the stereo will provide that much through it's USB port.
I have a 60Gbyte WD Passport, it's been faultless. This is the current product:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-115-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=170