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    Are most external hard drives compatible with windows vista?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Pauw, May 31, 2008.

  1. Pauw

    Pauw Notebook Consultant

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    I've noticed many accessories for laptops have a vista ready logo on them, yet wondered if external hard drives run fine on vista.
     
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    Yes they will run fine.
     
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    there is no such thing as vista incompatible external hdd´s.

    and the vista stickers is just absolute nonsense. this just leads people to believe what the marketing people want. hdd´s without stickers are also working in windows vista.
     
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    All HDD that works with XP will work with Vista too.
     
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    thanks, those vista stickers almost sold me on some external monitors though
     
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    Well i believe the monitors are referring to a different thing called hdcp compliant. They ALL will work, however, not all are hdcp compliant.
     
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    mmm, any external hard drives you'd recommend? Cnet gave the SimpleTech Mini USB 2.0 250GB Portable Hard Drive a high score of 8.1, and for a laptop i'm thinking that perhaps a big expensive 7200 rpm is too much.
     
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    what formafactor would that be 3.5" or 2.5".

    i prefer the smaller 2.5" laptop hdd´s in an enclosure. since i like to travel light, these smaller one i like much more than the bulky 3.5" enclosures.
    i posess a western digital passport II and i like it, i carry it around everyday. it´s bumping around in my bag for more than a year now, and it still works perfect. i would recommend this one.
     
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    If you are leaving it on your desk then get a 3.5" as they are cheaper and have more storage. If you want to take it with you, get a 2.5" drive.
     
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