Are there any non-branded drives that can be used instead of HP Personal Media Drives?
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I believe that this drive is nothing more than an external HDD. So, I suppose that any other external USB HDD would work? But you never know with HP!
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try a usb floppy\n\nhttp://shopping.yahoo.com/search?P=all&p=usb+floppy+drive&did=57
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USB External hard drives are very affordable and have the advantage of being portable. Another alternative is copying your data to a DVD(s). Then store them offsite in case of a fire or other disaster.
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What OS are you running?  You shouldn't need a driver for your hard drive.
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Not to directy burn as a drive for the pc.  you can play video in via a video capture card or record from using an s-video or dvi out connector.  Besides, burners are going for less than 30 bucks on ebay so it isn't worth the hassle
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You might be interested in Xdrive.  See link in sources. Regards.
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is it a combo drive? it doesn't really matter as long as it plays dvds right?
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a 250 gb external hard drive usb 2.0 / firewire should be cheapest solution starting $ 80\n\nhttp://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=136&\n\neasiest & fastest option too
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If you have a Maxtor or a WD hard drive, go to their web site.  They have a tool you can download for free (but only works on their drives as the target drive) that will do what you want.\n\nIt's basically the same tool, but setup to work for only that company.
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Nothing free...You can purchase a 100/160 or 250 gig internal or external drive for around $100.00 on sale...much better solution and far more security.
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I would go with a lacie drive :\n\nhttp://www.lacie.com/products/family.htm?id=10007\n\nDepends what sort of features you are after, If you have lots of money then I would suggest one of the RAID ones they have ( they are like a couple thousand dollars ) so be warned, when I say expensive I mean expensive lol.\n\nOther then that just get which ever one suits you, mobile or desktop one - As long as it is external and or internal if your laptop has a modular bay. I suggest external though but make sure that your laptop can support the interface types ie firewire or USB 1.1 or 2.0. ( WIth regards to USB they both work ie you can use USB 1.1 devices with USB 2.0 and visa versa ). Same goes for firewire but you can NOT and do not use usb with firewire or firewire with usb.
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try using virtual drive softwares
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2.5 for laptop drives
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You shouldn't need a separate driver if you're using Windows XP, ME or 2000.  The mass storage drivers are included in these operating systems.\n\nJust plug it in, and it should be recognized as an additional drive.
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yea, what you have is a so called Combo-Drive and they can not burn DVDs. If you don't want change this drive, then you have to get an external DVD ReWriter with a USB 2.0 interface.\n\nThe DVD Burner from Amazon you mentioned is the WRONG one (it's only for internal use). What you need is this one\nhttp://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1544661&CatId=483\nbtw, at a nice price.
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Buy whatever internal drive you like and then buy a drive enclosure.
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Hope you are talking about flah/jump drives...\nI think it will depend on what exactly do you want. For example you will find a few 1GB which are smaller than other ones. Some could have integrated mp3 players, etc. About brands I've used Kingston(better reputatin in my opinion), and Sandisk(real tiny flash drive). Both have worked perfectly. So I say do not worry, as long as they have a nice warranty (which most do).