rugged 2.5 external hard drive

antok86 said:
alot of these cases use "Y" usb cables though.
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"Tis true, but what's that got to do with it?

"Y" cables are used when the HD sucks too much juice at startup or the laptop's USB ports don't put out enough juice.

I see the unit you linked comes with a "USB power sharing cable"....AKA "Y" cable.

What makes you think you won't need it?
 
well i have an older western digital passport that uses a single straight usb cable and as much as possible i would like to keep it that way. i wont be using it as a start up drive just mostly for storage. i have had an seperate usb enclosure before that used two usb ports which i dont want to do. is there a power draw i should look for on the hard drive? or are they pretty much the same.
 
i wont be using it as a start up drive just mostly for storage
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Doesn't matter. The start-up power draw happens when you start the external drive.

Same as an internal drive it consumes more power at start-up.

The use of a "Y" cable depends upon the drive + the external's interface and the power at your laptop's USB ports.

I suppose you could go thru a little info for a HD's and external cases power specs to see if your laptop's ports would need a "Y" cable but there'd be a million combinations.

I know nothing about Firewire but if there's power over Firewire you could look into that.
 
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