[X4U] Using external HDD

[Neil Laubenthal]

At 09:10 -0700  on 5/26/05, keithw wrote:

>With all due respect, Neil, if I were dz-jay, I'd get some more 
>dialog from whoever wrote the FAQ he quotes, to see why it was not 
>recommended.
>May be they DID have a reason...we just don't know what it is.
>After all, it IS their drive.
>If the manufacturer says "No," it's likely there's a reason...I'd 
>sure hesitate before throwing caution to the winds!


Yeah . . .the most likely reason is that they don't want you to 
bother them with 'how do I do this' support calls.

It's a hard drive . . .and all hard drives pretty much work the same. 
It would be like issuing a FAQ that said 'don't change your keyboard 
do Dvorak even though the OS supports that.

What's it gonna do . . . break it?




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