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_en_Plain_Air_'s avatar
_en_Plain_Air_
Explorer
Apr 07, 2016

7 inch netbook question

A question about capability of very small netbook. I want to attach a 300 GB peripheral hard drive (USB connect) to an Atoah 7" netbook to back up pictures. The netbook has an SD card reader. I have not yet purchased the netbook, and don't want to unless it can be used to back up pictures. I assume there will be some way to copy/paste, or upload from the SD files to the peripheral drive. Maybe not, I don't know.

Similar netbooks list in specs "USB HDD up to 32GB" Does that mean those devices can't talk to my 300GB drive? Atoah does not put that limitation in their published specs. I don't know what to surmise from that.

Thank you for your help in my buying decision.
  • allenm's avatar
    allenm
    Explorer
    Apr 07, 2016
    I have a couple 64GB Acer tablets with Android operating systems that I can connect 1TB ext hard drives to OK.

    I also have a 16GB Acer netbook with Linux that connects to 1TB ext drives OK.

    Also have a low priced 32GB Nextbook (Windows 10) from Walmart that connects to 1TB ext drives OK.

    Most likely you can do what you want to do - but no guarantees...
  • MrWizard's avatar
    MrWizard
    Moderator
    Apr 07, 2016
    32,16,64gb
    Is the size of the internal allocated ssd
    Memory chip that acts as a HDD
    That's internal storage capacity
    Not related to USB external storage, that will be determined by the OS
    Most Will handle external USB drives with no problems
    Your 300gb should work fine
  • MommaJo's avatar
    MommaJo
    Explorer
    Apr 07, 2016
    Netbooks work like other computers, so I would think that hooking the harddrive to the 7in netbook would do the same thing as any other computer. It should see the attached harddrive as another drive in explorer, and you could then drag and drop pictures from the sd chip (which it also sees as just another drive) to the appropriate place on the attached harddrive.

    And...you could use the netbook to look over and make adjustments (naming them, etc.) the pictures before you move them over, rather than do it all later when you get home.
  • tomkaren13's avatar
    tomkaren13
    Explorer
    Apr 07, 2016
    FYI -- Also looking for a bigger tablet or netbook. Research turned up a couple with NO USB connection option.
  • wa8yxm's avatar
    wa8yxm
    Explorer III
    Apr 07, 2016
    On my android devices
    Samsung phones (two different models) connect to most any External USB drive using the adapter.. Or to the comptuer using a USB cable and from there to any drive using another USB cable and port

    Craig (older 7" I gave away: Likewise

    RCA.. USB not fully implemnted (only used for charging) however will blue tooth to my Samsung phone or or my 11" Netbook, and from there .. See above. (Connect to most anything).
  • Tom_M1's avatar
    Tom_M1
    Explorer
    Apr 07, 2016
    tomkaren13 wrote:
    FYI -- Also looking for a bigger tablet or netbook. Research turned up a couple with NO USB connection option.
    Walmart sells the Nextbook brand tablet with Windows 10.

    Flexx 8.9" $79.98 One micro USB and one standard USB port.
    Flexx 10.1" $99.98 One micro USB and two standard USB ports

    I bought the Flexx 10.1 recently and it works well. One problem with the USB ports is that they don't supply enough current to power a portable hard drive. I use an externally powered USB hub when I use a hard drive.
  • _en_Plain_Air_'s avatar
    _en_Plain_Air_
    Explorer
    Apr 08, 2016
    Thank you for the insight and suggestions. There seemed to be enough 'it might work' votes that I'll probably give it a whirl. Strollin's suggestion (portable external drives) is one I'm looking at. Higher cost and some of these devices get very mixes reviews until you get into the $500 price range.
  • _en_Plain_Air_'s avatar
    _en_Plain_Air_
    Explorer
    Apr 10, 2016
    We travel too many places where there isn't phone service, let alone good cloud access. I'm old-fashioned, want a daily hard copy I can count on.

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