I/O magic 80gb DataToGo portable hdd

EndUnknown · 12-25-2007, 07:17 PM

I just got one today, here is my issue:
it came w/ a USB Y cable that goes from 1 USB A male to 1 USB A male and 1 USB A female, but I cant use it as because it seems to need to use either both USB ports(meaning I'd need a USB A male to USB A male cord) or it needs a outlet to usb for extra power. The thing came w/ NO INSTRUCTIONS(even shampoo has instructions!) and is unusable w/o something suplying power through the other outlet(I think, it may just not work, because it has no instructions) I'm going to try to return it even though it's been opened.

sowhatu · 02-04-2008, 04:00 PM

seems to me that you got it from EBAY, i've seen pocket HD'S that hold 500GB for pretty cheap, but they might have the same issue as urs.

this info comes in handy.

EndUnknown · 02-04-2008, 04:47 PM

didn't get it from ebay, from office max. returned it on Dec 27th

Gow616 · 02-04-2008, 11:19 PM

If I saw this when you first posted it I would have told you about that stuff. As it is the best solution for portable hard drive use is the Western Digital Passport or its Seagate cousin. 320gb model is available on Amazon.com for $169.99 and only requires a single USB slot for power and transfering, same deal for its Seagate cousin.

The rest of the hard drives are external ones that require a USB slot for transfer and a AC connection for power and for the price it is cheaper to get an INternal and put it in an EXternal case.

EndUnknown · 02-05-2008, 05:53 AM

I also got a 500gb Seagate Freeagent External hdd for †-mas

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02-04-2008, 04:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
sowhatu Jr. Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: hamilton, ontario Posts: 362 Reputation: 12	seems to me that you got it from EBAY, i've seen pocket HD'S that hold 500GB for pretty cheap, but they might have the same issue as urs. this info comes in handy.

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