External hard drives?

[Chruser]

I'm looking for an external hard drive with a storage capacity of more than 200 GB. All external hard drives which I've found so far that match these specifications use a separate AC adapter for power. I'm only interested in models which are fed power through an USB port. I have seen a 250 GB one in action before, but I cannot remember its brand, nor has Google been of any avail.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Sovereign]

http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/product/prodBlock.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&prodBlockOID=1611359184&expansionOID=-536908016 mebbe O_O

[Chruser]

http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/product/prodBlock.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&prodBlockOID=1611359184&expansionOID=-536908016 mebbe O_O

I can't find any information on that site about whether the external hard drives use an external transformer / AC adapter or not.

[Sovereign]

Ah shit. NVM. Seagate.com says it comes with ac power adapter.

[WetWired]

Many computers won't supply the power; you're best off just using the power adapter.

[HandOfHeaven]

Many computers won't supply the power; you'll beat off just using the power adapter.

Haha WetWired you silly goose.

[pr0xy]

Im pretty sure you can just get a regular harddrive and hook it up with an external hard drive casing. Im sure it would be easier to find one of those with USB power.

[Chruser]

Here's the best one I've found so far, but it's rather expensive:

http://www.superwarehouse.com/Iomega_Portable_120GB_Hard_Drive_SIlver_Series/33356/p/696194



This one "only" has a 100 GB capacity, but it's a lot cheaper:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006TIF2K/002-4706826-3569652?v=glance&n=172282

[pr0xy]

Well what are you planning on storing on it? Just using it to back stuff up? 100 gigs seems like plenty to me.

[Grav]

Why is it you want one that doesn't plug in to the wall?

[Lenny]

He might be using it for Picaroni. He did mention in the Picaroni thread about an external HDD.

[Grav]

Yes, but why couldn't he just... plug it into a wall?

[Lenny]

I haven't the faintest idea. Maybe he doesn't have enough sockets to plug it into?

[Grav]

Yes, because that makes sense.

[Chruser]

I'll be using it for Picaroni, so plugging it into the wall will be a possibility. It'd just be nice to be able to access the data without a separate transformer on a car trip. Also, I'm sure some AC acapter-using external hard drives are power hogs.