External Drives

[Blake Barnett]

On May 25, 2006, at 7:58 AM, Nicholas Leippe wrote:
> I have a small 20GB USB powered drive (2.5").  The only problem  
> with it is
> that not all USB ports have sufficient power.  The USB cable has two
> connectors so that you can plug into two ports so that it can get  
> extra
> power.  This is fine, and works on my desktop, but my older laptop  
> only has
> one port--and doesn't have enough power for it.
>
> Might be something to consider watching out for.

I have a similar situation, but I found a USB cable with a PS2  
connector on it that it can use to leech power.  Between the dual USB  
cable and that, I can take it pretty much anywhere.

-Blake