New Hard Drive

[Oakman]

Yesterday I bought a new portable external hard drive to back up my new computer. It’s a Western Digital and here is a photo of the complete set of instructions that came with it. Three pictures and that’s it. They didn’t even bother with written instructions.

[awwall]

Bob, usually you can just plug that sucker into a USB port and start using. They usually come formatted and are powered from the USB port. I have 2 that work that way. But, do notice that I said "usually" a couple of times.

[Fire Instructor]

Don't worry, at least it still needed instructions! I would tell you that it's idiot proof, but as soon as a manufacturer makes a completely idiot-proof product, we will find a better idiot!

[Oakman]

Yes, that exactly what I did Wayne. I bought the Western Digital because there was a Windows 8 label on it. God knows Win 8 doesn't play well with some hardware and software. The new external drive has 1.5 Terabytes of storage. I doubt that I'll ever need that much storage.