Buffalo HD on 220V?

[DrBru]

I am thinking about getting this 160 GB drive from Buffalo:
http://buffalo.melcoinc.co.jp/products/new/2003/078_4.html
(18,480 Yen on kakaku.com)

It only says AC100V 50/60Hz in the specs. Don't portable drives usually work with both 110 and 220V? I want to be able to use the drive when I go back to Germany in 2005. Anyone know more about this?

Other recommendations for an external drive (Firewire, >160GB)?
Thanks.

[Socratesabroad]

I brought my 120GB ext hard drive from Tokyo (110V) and am using it here in China (220V) without much of a problem, though I did need to buy a transformer (2-3 sen/20-30 bucks US). I did the same for my printer and both are working fine. I would guess all you would need would be the transformer, which you should be able to get readily at any electrical/electronics parts store.

Best of luck.

[DrBru]

Thanks, that's great, I just ordered it.

[Big Booger]

I hope you have a firewire port to connect it to.. if not, your USB 1.1 speeds are gonna blow like a bangkok honey...

I have a 200GB Speedster 3 external HDD, and it is USB 2.0 and Firewire ready.. but my PC only had USB 1.1 ports. It took 25 minutes to transfer about 800MB.

I tried to transfer 30GB or so, and it was going to take 2000 minutes or something like that. I have since gotten USB 2.0 and firewire via PCI


Enjoy the purchase but USB 1.1 stinks!

[DrBru]

I have an iBook, FW built-in.

I did actually get the HD-160IU2 with USB2, figured I might need it sometime. FW is a lot faster than USB2 though.