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- 11-23-2009 10:33 AM #1
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External Hard Drive Question
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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?
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- 11-23-2009 11:15 AM #2
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Laptop drives will NOT work. Must be powered.
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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 11:39 AM #4
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He was talking about USB powered passport drives.
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- 11-23-2009 01:13 PM #5
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- 11-23-2009 07:30 PM #6
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Thanks, was just curious... making my Christmas list
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- 11-28-2009 01:02 AM #7
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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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