Best Hard Drive for RT-N66U?

[dinlondon]

Originally Posted by dinlondon

Thanks for the suggestion, I downloaded a trial and it looks great. Helped me identify the issue I have... couldn't create a directory... need to check parent folder permissions. Any suggestions for best way to do this? Again, please excuse my ignorance.

I have answered my own question... Stupidly I'd let a Mac create an iTunes library on the same shared drive. I just deleted all the small Mac files it left behind and hey presto, everything works perfectly again. Strange.

[jbombs16]

So it is recommended that the hard drive have it's own power supply?

Was thinking about picking up a cheaper 1tb passport drive but am worried it won't get enough power from the router.

Thanks

[RocketJSquirrel]

Originally Posted by jbombs16

So it is recommended that the hard drive have it's own power supply?

Yes! Do not rely on USB power.

[jsmiddleton4]

I use 2.5 inch laptop type external drive and the dual usb cable, one for power, y cable type thing.

Never have any trouble with "USB Power".

[ric2001]

I have a 1 TB WD Elements drive hooked up and it works great. It's USB powered.

[Hothersale]

I have a 2TB WD My Passport running off USB power with no problems. No Y-cable either. It's hard to know which drives will work well and which won't, so just make sure wherever you buy from has good return policy.