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11-23-2009, 11:33 AM
| | SatelliteGuys Regular | | Join Date: Dec 4th, 2005 Location: Temperanceville, VA
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| | | External Hard Drive Question
Forgive me, but the ext drive threads have become so large & I have just a simple question... Has anyone used a laptop drive with the 622? I ask because many will power from the USB (I use one for my PS3) & there's no power cord to clutter up the counter...
Does the 622 have enough power on the USB to power one of the small external drives, or am I just best to buy one of the regular "big" ones w/ external power?
Thanks,
Rob
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11-23-2009, 12:15 PM
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Laptop drives will NOT work. Must be powered.
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11-23-2009, 12:30 PM
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Even if it did, the DVR would reformat the drive and it wouldn't be a laptop any longer.
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11-23-2009, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Bobby  Even if it did, the DVR would reformat the drive and it wouldn't be a laptop any longer. | He was talking about USB powered passport drives.
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11-23-2009, 02:13 PM
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OIC 
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11-23-2009, 08:30 PM
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Thanks, was just curious... making my Christmas list 
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11-28-2009, 02:02 AM
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I have been looking in the external hard drive threads, but find conflicting information. I see that 1 TB is the max size of an external hard, but read many users have up to 2 TB. What is the current limit? How can i tell if a certain brand of external hard drive is compatible, do they still place a dish compaptibe logo in the specs?
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