Problem connecting external drive

Discussion in 'Storage Devices' started by roweis, Mar 20, 2009.

  1. roweis

    roweis Geek Trainee

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    Hello!

    I recently bought a Maxtor OneTouch 4 Mini external drive and would like to connect it to my computer. The instructions that came with it are not clear at all. There are three connectors : there is a small connector that goes into the external drive, and then there are two larger connectors, one labeled POWER and the other labeled DATA +POWER.
    They look both identical and obviously need to be plugged into a USB port. The instructions say that i should plug in the power adapter, but there was no power adapter in the box. I asked an employee at the store where I bought the external drive (Office Max) and she told me to use only the DATA+POWER connector. Can anyone help me? As I said the two connectors ( POWER and DATA+POWER) look identical and go into a USB port.
    Any help would be tremendously appreciated.

    Many thanks,

    Robert
     

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