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I have looked at it, but the external hard drive that I'm currently using is powered separately. So it doesn't draw any power from the RPi. I do have a drive available that doesn't have its own power source, so I could test that for you!
I just wanted to be sure that the drive was available any time I needed it, so the external power source seemed to most logical solution to me.
It does add to the cable mess a little bit, but that's not something a few cable ties can't fix.
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I have looked at it, but the external hard drive that I'm currently using is powered separately. So it doesn't draw any power from the RPi. I do have a drive available that doesn't have its own power source, so I could test that for you!
I just wanted to be sure that the drive was available any time I needed it, so the external power source seemed to most logical solution to me.
It does add to the cable mess a little bit, but that's not something a few cable ties can't fix.