Hi Andy, yes, they do require mains power. I prefer this however as the drives are generally faster when powered by an external power supply. Not very good if you want them to be portable, though. -----Original Message----- From: ANDY COLLINS <Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sunday, January 04, 2009 09:06:40 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: USB hard drives James, these are large drives, I'm guessing they require mains power? I want to go the USB power route - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Scholes" <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Peter" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 8:49 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: USB hard drives >I have a Maxtor 750 GB OneTouch II drive, and a Western Digital 1 TB drive, >both are fantastic, and have never had any problems. Sadly, Maxtor have >gone down hill lately, and now their drives, to put it simply, suck. > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter <peterholdstock@xxxxxxx> > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sunday, January 04, 2009 08:36:26 PM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: USB hard drives > I've got a 250GB Freecom drive from QVCUK and it's great. Mine is also > there tough model which can be dropped from several meters with no > problem. But I've never had a problem with an external drive failing > anyway. > Peter > From: ANDY COLLINS > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 7:13 PM > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] USB hard drives > Hi all - > In my research for pen drives, I've also been looking at external USB hard > drives, and am wondering what people have used successfully? Freecom seem > to be the cheapest with a 250GB for £55; I take it that these drives > require no mains power, so what are they like in terms of speed when > transfering data? I've seen some drives advertised as TurboUSB, does this > somehow mean they are faster drives? > From some reviews I have read, is seems that some drives have to be > formatter to NTFS, is this common, and how is a fat32 drive formatted so > as to be NTFS? > As ever, thanks for all help - > Andy > __________ NOD32 3735 (20090104) Information __________ > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > -- > Check out my radio and TeamTalk server! http://www.jls-radio.com > -- > James Scholes > E-mail: james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > MSN/Windows Live Messenger: jamesscholes@xxxxxxx > AIM: JamesScholes000 > Skype: james.scholes > Website: http://www.jamesscholes.com > Blog: http://www.jamesscholes.com/blog > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jamesscholes > Find me on Facebook! 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