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WD Compatibility
Two questions: 1. I have two WD Elements and one WD My Book. I did a brief search for compatibile drives with the 104 and only came up with about three for WD. Is that right or was I looking i...
dschwartzer wrote:
The WD Element probably has a WD Green drive inside. The WD MyBook probably has a similar drive.
I've never opened one, so I don't know. If they are WDC desktop drives (green or otherwise), then WD's recommendation is here: http://support.wdc.com/KnowledgeBase/answer.aspx?ID=996
StephenB wrote:
dschwartzer wrote:The WD Element probably has a WD Green drive inside. The WD MyBook probably has a similar drive.
I've never opened one, so I don't know. If they are WDC desktop drives (green or otherwise), then WD's recommendation is here: http://support.wdc.com/KnowledgeBase/answer.aspx?ID=996
Well that's frustrating. Anybody have an alternative? Something that won't require the drives to be formatted? Something that allows them to be connected to the network without having to go through a computer? I'll take them out of their enclosures...that part I don't care about.
Some routers support direct connection of USB drives - for instance the Netgear Nighthawk line. Reformatting shouldn't be required with the Nighthawks - they support ntfs.
The NAS also supports NTFS on USB-connected drives. So if you get one suitable internal drive for the NAS, you can also install that, and connect the existing USB drives up through NAS USB ports. You can then copy some data onto the NAS, and perhaps expand its internal storage later.
StephenB wrote:The NAS also supports NTFS on USB-connected drives. So if you get one suitable internal drive for the NAS, you can also install that, and connect the existing USB drives up through NAS USB ports. You can then copy some data onto the NAS, and perhaps expand its internal storage later.
I know that some NAS's can go into sleep mode. I no longer remember if this one does or not, but if I have externals plugged into those outer usb ports, would they also go into sleep mode? Also...if I hook up a usb hub (should there not be enough ports), would they all still get recognized? I only ask because I want to leave one open for a direct PC connection.Either way, I do like your idea and will probably end up going in that direction.
You can't hook up the NAS to a PC via USB port. USB is a "master/peripheral" technology, and there can only be one master. The PC and the NAS both are masters, so you can't connect them together. You need to access the NAS over the network.
A USB hub might work - not sure about that.
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