External Hard Drive and PE

bunodosoma · 09-26-2011, 08:37 PM

Has anyone else connected an external hard drive to the PE? I know,I know why would I do that - well at least I'm not playing around with the system files.

When I connected them the power light on the hd came on and a PE dialogue came up saying the usb device was blank or not supported. Well since it was formatted NTFS it wasn't able to read it. I tried the rest of mine but they all have the wrong format - except on the last one there was an old restore partition from a laptop. Lo and behold the PE saw it and connected. It showed up as a source in my reading program. Haven't had time to do anything else yet. Anyone else done something along this line? Oh yeah, it was a self-powered ext hd. The passport powered up though I am not recommending that.

Gunnerp245 · 09-26-2011, 08:53 PM

Yes there is a thread on this subject in the archive entourage forum at the top of this forum.

bunodosoma · 09-26-2011, 09:08 PM

Gunnerp245. I did a search on the forum and archive before I posted , but I guess I didn' use the magic words. Could you point me to that thread?

glow · 09-26-2011, 09:45 PM

Old thread here (there may be mentions in others):
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...external+drive

(I used the Advanced Search function.)

bunodosoma · 09-26-2011, 10:33 PM

Thanks Glow - I found some more by searching posts instead of just thread titles. I 'm thinking about reformatting a 2.5" drive to Fat32 so I can play around with this some more.

DianNC · 09-27-2011, 07:13 PM

I have a cute little Verbatim drive (500MB) and about half the size of my PE. One of the first things I did was hook them up to see what would happen.

Nothin' LOL.

ivanjt · 09-28-2011, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DianNC

I have a cute little Verbatim drive (500MB) and about half the size of my PE. One of the first things I did was hook them up to see what would happen.

Nothin' LOL.

The PE and EE have limited power output from the USB sockets so it is always better to use a drive that has an external power supply or use a powered hub.

The other problem that can and will be a problem is the format of the drive - the EE and PE do not understand NTFS formatting that windows uses for large hard disks so any drive so formatted will appear blank if it appears at all.

I have a 1 TB drive that is supposed to be self powered but I power it from an in line adapter we made, divided into two partitions, FAT32, and HPFS (OS/2). My EE can read the FAT32 without problems (OK, OS/2 can see and read both hence my using them).

09-26-2011, 08:37 PM	#1
bunodosoma Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 466 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: SATx Device: PE,Novel,Nook Color	External Hard Drive and PE Has anyone else connected an external hard drive to the PE? I know,I know why would I do that - well at least I'm not playing around with the system files. When I connected them the power light on the hd came on and a PE dialogue came up saying the usb device was blank or not supported. Well since it was formatted NTFS it wasn't able to read it. I tried the rest of mine but they all have the wrong format - except on the last one there was an old restore partition from a laptop. Lo and behold the PE saw it and connected. It showed up as a source in my reading program. Haven't had time to do anything else yet. Anyone else done something along this line? Oh yeah, it was a self-powered ext hd. The passport powered up though I am not recommending that.

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09-26-2011, 08:53 PM	#2
Gunnerp245 Gadget Freak Posts: 1,169 Karma: 1043832 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: US Device: EE, Note 8	Yes there is a thread on this subject in the archive entourage forum at the top of this forum.

09-26-2011, 09:08 PM	#3
bunodosoma Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 466 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: SATx Device: PE,Novel,Nook Color	Gunnerp245. I did a search on the forum and archive before I posted , but I guess I didn' use the magic words. Could you point me to that thread?

09-26-2011, 09:45 PM	#4
glow Book and Gadget Fan Posts: 201 Karma: 19698 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: NJ, USA Device: Meebook M7, Assorted Nooks; Kindles Oasis, Voyage, Paperwhite; PE, EE	Old thread here (there may be mentions in others): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...external+drive (I used the Advanced Search function.)

09-26-2011, 10:33 PM	#5
bunodosoma Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 466 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: SATx Device: PE,Novel,Nook Color	Thanks Glow - I found some more by searching posts instead of just thread titles. I 'm thinking about reformatting a 2.5" drive to Fat32 so I can play around with this some more.

09-27-2011, 07:13 PM	#6
DianNC Banned Posts: 1,431 Karma: 5222495 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Nook Color, Entourage Pocket Edge, iPod Touch 5th Gen	I have a cute little Verbatim drive (500MB) and about half the size of my PE. One of the first things I did was hook them up to see what would happen. Nothin' LOL.