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    Looking for an external hard drive that has firewire 800

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by john_ri, Mar 6, 2009.

  1. john_ri

    john_ri Notebook Enthusiast

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    I haven't had any luck, and I assume that these are available. Any recommendations?

    Thanks.
     
    john_ri, Mar 6, 2009
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    Thibault Banned

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    Are you looking for a portable external hard drive or a larger one. You're going to have a really hard time finding any portal ones with a firewire port I think.

    I just did a quick search on Amazon and found this: Western Digital My Book Studio Edition 500 GB.
    Note that I own the My Book Home Edition and these hard drives aren't very small. But this one seems like it has a firewire 800 port.
     
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    For 2.5" version also take a look at the WD Passport Studio. It comes with a FW800 connection as well as USB.
     
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    You can get a FireWire 800 to FireWire 400 cable.
    I Got mine for pennies on Ebay
     
    CoolHotCold, Mar 6, 2009
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