Any chance one could use this with a PC? I have a PC with a firewire port. This firewired external drive is the best price per byte. Anyone know if it would work with a PC. I will be using my own backup software. Any chance one could use this with a PC? I have a PC with a firewire port. This firewired external drive is the best price per byte. Anyone know if it would work with a PC. I will be using my... » Read More Any chance one could use this with a PC? I have a PC with a firewire port. This firewired external drive is the best price per byte. Anyone know if it would work with a PC. I will be using my own backup software. « Show Less
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I don't see why it wouldn't. Worst comes to worst, you could use the USB port it has or take it apart and pop it into your desktop.
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My experience is you should NOT rely on this memory usb to save your files. I bougth it because the large amount of memory (256 gb) at such a low price. It just NOT true. I suggest not buy it.
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Yes, buy this product. I did a lot of research before I zeroed in on this product. Works great for USB and audio. I installed two, one on a Win XP computer and one on a Win7 computer. Some motherboards don't have an internal "firewire" connector but no problemo. Hardly anybody uses the firewire port anyway so just leave it inactive.
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It's unlikely. Firewire is controlled by a specific chip that doesnt exist in USB
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can you use this to tranfer file from a pc to a mac, i have an older dell latitude d600,,,,not sure but i dont believe i have a firewire port, any help would be appreciated
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The USB to FireWire cable is flawed in just about every way, USB reads digital and FireWire reads analog signals, there is no way for one to translate for the other. This is a bad investment. Try an analog to digital converter, a little pricier but they will work.
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No you can not connect firewire to any sort USB ports. Fire wire and Usb are two different dinosaurs. Fire wire sends a signal kinda like this [-------------------------------------------] [-------------------------------------------] where usb sends signals like this [---] [---] [---] [---] While there are some supposed USB to PCMCIA or even Express Card adapters on the market. You can not use a Firewire card in such adaptor, because the same signal issues. You have a USB BUS and also a PCI bus that interface with an Express Card slot or PCMCIA slot. Firewire HAS to interface with the PCI aspect of it. Due to the way the firewire sends its signal. It just will not work. Trust me on this one. For Laptops with such Express Card slots try an older Dell E latitude series. There is also a handful of laptops out there if you search hard enough for such slots, and or still have A T.I. Firewire chipset built in. They are getting harder to find, and they are much more $$$ than the average consumer laptop sadly. The fact is people who use firewire devices are far and few between. So Hopefully manufactures of Audio devices will adapt to the USB 3.0 or the future the USB 4.0 (not out yet) instead of firewire. for an attempt at lossy formats.
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No, this won't work for you. It does not allow USB to FireWire. They are separate hubs in this device.
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Correct. FireWire is only used for connecting a camcorder or external hard drive.
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Usb 3.0 is the same for pc's and mac's. If you have a 3.0 port it will work. The provided cable is short, 2 feet maybe. I bought this to extend it. http://www.cablewholesale.com/products/usb-firewire/usb-3.0-cables/product-10u3-02110e.php This really is a good hub for the money, it's well built, and it's powered even when the computer is off so it charges your devices when the computer is powered down.
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I imagine so, but I cannot confirm. I have mine (the 2 TB model) daisy chained with two older 1TB WD My Studio drives, running into a thunderbolt port, and have had not problems. Comp < 2TB [firewire to thunderbolt] < 1TB [firewire 800] < 1TB [firewire 800]They are really pretty much a plug and play solution, set them up once, and forget em. I wish I would have ponied up the other fifty or so bucks and for the 3TB to run as time machine. Hope this helps.
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There are two Firewire 800 ports on my drive and one USB 3 port(designated SS USB)...I only use use Firewire so not sure about USB 3 to USB 2 compatibility. Great drive for Firewire.
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No there is no firewire port on here - most computers today (past two years have removed firewire). Built in audio is excellent for a laptop - There are only 3 USB ports that's the only downside - but you can be very, very cheaply usb hub - other then that I highly recommend this laptop for the money
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It says it can be used with pc or Mac. I have both a pc and a Mac. I first synched and saved things from my Mac. It worked fine. Then I tried to synch and save things on the pc but it wouldn't work. There are no directions that come with it so I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or if the device only works with the first type (pc/Mac) of computer you use it with. It was simple to use though. Just plug it in like a thumb drive and it loaded the driver and saved. I really wanted to be able to use it on all of my devices (pc/Mac) interchangeably but am stuck with it not doing that. Perhaps this review helps you. It says it can be used with pc or Mac. I have both a pc and a Mac. I first synched and saved things from my Mac. It worked fine. Then I tried to synch and save things on the pc but it wouldn't work. There are no directions that come with it so I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or if the device only works with the first type (pc/Mac) of computer you use it with. It was simple to use though. Just plug it in like a thumb drive and it loaded the driver and saved. I really wanted to be able to use it on all of my devices (pc/Mac) interchangeably but am stuck with it not doing that.... » Read More It says it can be used with pc or Mac. I have both a pc and a Mac. I first synched and saved things from my Mac. It worked fine. Then I tried to synch and save things on the pc but it wouldn't work. There are no directions that come with it so I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or if the device only works with the first type (pc/Mac) of computer you use it with. It was simple to use though. Just plug it in like a thumb drive and it loaded the driver and saved. I really wanted to be able to use it on all of my devices (pc/Mac) interchangeably but am stuck with it not doing that. Perhaps this review helps you. « Show Less
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I re-read your question. It sounds like you want to use it on BOTH a MAC and a PC from interchangeably. One to do this which I am familiar with is to format the drive to FAT32. This makes it readable and writable by both mac and windows os...however there are file size limitations with FAT32...but as long as your files are smaller than a couple GB you should be good. There are other solutions....but would be best if you conduct the research yourself.
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yes, it should i just bought one 2 days ago and it's awesome, i've got an old school mac g4 running 10.5 with two external drives connected via firewire (with all my vid's on them) and the WD box was able to connect to the computer without needing to do any kind of setup on the box. you just have to make sure your file sharing is turned on, on ur mac(durr). the only reason i say that it "SHOULD" is that my entire house is setup with gigabit, ie no wireless... so it should work so long as the WD box connects to the network that your computer is on. i'm just not sure how fast everything would be over wireless.
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I don't think so. But you might be able to get a different cord instead that has a multi-headed adaptor that will connect to a USB port.The best thing is to have a laptop with a Firewire port. Unfortunately, they usually don't make low-end Windows computers with a firewire port. Most affordable laptops with a firewire port are Macs. I have the same problem.