BGreg
Jan 25, 2011 3:13 PM
in response to starbux48
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Jan 25, 2011 3:13 PM
in response to starbux48
If you want to be able to boot your system from the external hard drive, recommend a firewire drive. It might have USB connections also, however, to boot you a Powerbook, you need a firewire connection. Also, a firewire connection will provide electrical power to run an external drive that doesn't have a plug-in power adapter. USB, on Powerbooks, doesn't put out enough juice to power many external hard drives, so if you have a USB-only external hard drive, you may have to buy a power adapter for it, or use a powered USB hub. There's also a funky cable that plugs into both USB ports.