topic external hdd for laptop computers ? in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/external-hdd-for-laptop-computers/m-p/219060#M40 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>i have a vaio laptop computer running windows 7 ,and i have been told that i can't connect a 2tb desktop hdd</P><P>running off the mains as it could damage the laptop .is that so ? if so i will have to make do with a 1tb hdd running from the 2.0 usb socket . </P><P></P><P>dontgiveadamm .</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 15 May 2011 19:35:09 GMT dontgiveadamm 2011-05-15T19:35:09Z external hdd for laptop computers ? https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/external-hdd-for-laptop-computers/m-p/219060#M40 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>i have a vaio laptop computer running windows 7 ,and i have been told that i can't connect a 2tb desktop hdd</P><P>running off the mains as it could damage the laptop .is that so ? if so i will have to make do with a 1tb hdd running from the 2.0 usb socket . </P><P></P><P>dontgiveadamm .</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 15 May 2011 19:35:09 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/external-hdd-for-laptop-computers/m-p/219060#M40 dontgiveadamm 2011-05-15T19:35:09Z external hdd for laptop computers ? https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/external-hdd-for-laptop-computers/m-p/219061#M41 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">As long as the external drive has its own power source, I don't think there is any problem connecting a 2TB (or even 3TB) 3.5 inch hard drive to your laptop's USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 or eSATA port.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">I expect 2TB 2.5 inch external drives will be along very soon.</SPAN></P><P></P><P><img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.co.uk/html/@0248C33DDCF34AA61B8F8F33F5AFA5BE/images/smilies/013.png" alt=":wink:" title=":wink:" /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 15 May 2011 20:35:34 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/external-hdd-for-laptop-computers/m-p/219061#M41 Blencogo 2011-05-15T20:35:34Z