Thread: portable hard drive with 7200 rpm
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Old 04-14-2007, 03:01 PM  
notabook
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Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn View Post
No need for a wall jack, LOL? You have to plug any external hard disk drive into a/c power, they are not going to run off the USB power at eithr 5400 rpm nor 7200 rpm. Maybe it is technically possible, I don't think so though. But that is silly even if it is possible. Unless you intend to sit in a field with a laptop and external hard drive with no access to power.
That's a negative. 2.5" drives do not require a/c power, they can be completely powered by their respective bus (USB/Firewire).
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