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Originally Posted by dragonone
almost is right, they have several 7200rpm 2.5" drives
while it's ok to plug in printers and flash drives in usb hubs, 2.5" drives might not be seen if plugged in a hub
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That's true. Might not be enough juice to power the drive, especially if it's powered through the USB port. If you want to plug it into a hub, I'd highly suggest using a USB hub that is externally powered so that all devices get enough power to it (especially the hard drive)
Having the hard drive not get sufficient power will cause the drive to power down during usage, causing corruption of your data.
If you're running out of SATA slots, I'd consider one of the following:
*Consolidate your drives. If you have a number of smaller drives in there, buy one larger drive and consolidate them all into the one drive. This way you're not limited to the constraints of the number of SATA ports.
*Buy a PCI SATA controller. This should give you up to 4 more extra ports to use.
External drive is nice, but as you mentioned, you want to reduce your clutter. It's worth considering though if you move files around a lot or need your data accessible from anywhere.