can I connect a USB HDD as a external HDD like the HDD inside the 2-bay?
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I do this all the time with my WD boxes (the discontinued Sharespace ones). The disks are visible in Windows explorer, just like the shared Public folder. This doesn't seem to work with Seagate. I have a USB drive attached to one of my Seagate boxes right now but the box is ignoring the attached drive. I have used the USB ports to import data, but in my experience this is a very flakey connection that can not be relied upon.
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My understanding of your question is that you want to connect and external HD to the NAS usb port. I believe it should be possible and then use the one touch button to transfer. I believe the negative maybe speed of transfer
389814
you're wrong this device is used to connect an internal hard drive as an external hard drive via usb, but in my case it did not work.
1866319
Yep, you can use the USB connector and treat it like any other external hard drive.
1084919
There are USB ports on the drive if you choose to use it conventionally like othe external drives
124815
I used it as an external drive. Even if you can take the HD out, you still need a sata connecting cable ($8.66 for 2). It has a USB-3 cable which is faster than the conventional USB-2. I wonder why you would pay the price of an external drive and use it as an internal drive, which usually costs less for the same capacity. I bought a WD 4 TB internal drive as D:
1208061
Yes, I have the manual and it says you can connect USB thumb drive to it. I am not sure about an USB 2.5" HDD as this external drive requires some strong power source to operate properly.
1140078
Yes, you can set up the HDD as mapped drives under Windows using the web administration. It's easy. I have both mounted HDD and a third drive that's USB connected to that port as well, giving three overall drives per dock. I use this set up in addition to my NAS since it's so easy to remove the HDD and use it as a portable, while the NAS uses internal 3.5" drives.
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The drive needs to be connected to a plug in and through USB (1.0, 2.0, or 3.0)
1405475
Yes, if your external drive has a female slot you can use the one with the male USB-A end.
195136
Yes and yes. That is what the usb (USM) drive slot is for in the front of the case- to do just that with an external drive without having to open up the case...
2020844
Not sure, depends on your source USB port. To be sure, I would purchase a "powered" USB hub to connect your drives.
297636
You can but you will want to put it in a case. By the time you do that it will be pretty pricey. Maybe look at an external SSD if you want to use it with usb 3 - see something like thishttp://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00JQRB0I4/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?qid=1417370058&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70
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Theoretically, you can since the dock mode presents the two HDDs in JBOD layout from my understanding but I've only used it to clone HDDs. Please confirm with StarTech instead, I'm just one of the many customers.
473625
None. You have to put in your own hard-drive; this is just an enclosure for an internal drive to make it an external drive.
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No, it is a bare drive. I used a usb2IDE appliance and Clonezilla, a free OpenSource download.
726299
The answer is yes. There is a USB connector, but if that does not work you can turn the box upside down and connect with the SATA interface directly.
608825
You need to plug both USB ends. This way, your external HDD will draw more power than from a single USB 2.0 port.