picworx Goldmember  1,147 posts Likes: 4 Joined Jun 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada More info | Jul 13, 2008 11:40 | #1 I don't want leave on a trip with just an Epson P-5000 for storing the pics so I am thinking of the Lacie 160GB Rugged Drive as a back-up device.
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JohnJ80 Cream of the Crop  5,442 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2006 More info | Jul 13, 2008 13:26 | #2 The P5000 can be a USB master. I've done it with my P3000 (same only smaller disk). HOWEVER - the P5000 will not supply power to the drive. You will need to externally power the external drive. Obsessive Gear List
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Jul 13, 2008 16:12 | #3 Thanks J, I know the Lacie is not that small considering I will need the power pack too, is there another drive I should consider?
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JohnJ80 Cream of the Crop 5,442 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2006 More info | Jul 13, 2008 17:39 | #4 If that is one of those drives with the orange rubber bumper around it, then it has that special cable so you can power it off of another USB power supply without having the data conflict. Obsessive Gear List
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Yes it has the orange rubber bumper around it, I don't see an ac adaptor in the box contents so how can I power it?
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PacAce Cream of the Crop  26,900 posts Likes: 40 Joined Feb 2003 Location: Keystone State, USA More info | Jul 13, 2008 20:29 | #6 picworx wrote in post #5905134  Yes it has the orange rubber bumper around it, I don't see an ac adaptor in the box contents so how can I power it? Did it come a "Y" cable with two large USB terminals and one small USB terminal? If so, that's what you would use to connect the drive to an external power source. ...Leo
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Jul 13, 2008 20:38 | #7 Haven't got it yet, its on order should be here in a few days, the box contents don't show a power supply just a "usb power sharing cable" whatever that means?
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tgara Goldmember  2,336 posts Likes: 8 Joined Sep 2007 Location: Connecticut, USA More info | Jul 13, 2008 21:14 | #8 picworx wrote in post #5905134 Yes it has the orange rubber bumper around it, I don't see an ac adaptor in the box contents so how can I power it? Read the FAQ page for your drive, dude. LaCie sells power adaptors (sold separately at extra cost, of course :eek EOS 5D Mark III
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if the USB power is not enough. That will likely be the problem with the P-5000. 