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*Sound Of Rain on 14 June 2014

I was thinking about buying a Wii U hard drive soon and would like to know some recommendations from fellow Wii U owners.

Which one(s) has worked for you. Do you need a Y cable or something else to make it better? (I need a portable hard drive)



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ikki5 on 14 June 2014

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008DW95NA/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B008DW95NA&linkCode=as2&tag=wiiuonly-20


There is the one I use. They used to have a list of hardrives on the Nintendo website. I know this was one of them.



Metallox on 14 June 2014
ikki5 said:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008DW95NA/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B008DW95NA&linkCode=as2&tag=wiiuonly-20


There is the one I use. They used to have a list of hardrives on the Nintendo website. I know this was one of them.


I got this one, and it gave me problems... when it turns off, and if I want to play a game, it freezes the console. 



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 14 June 2014

I use this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Book-USB-Hard-Drive-Backup/dp/B00E3RH5W2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402798177&sr=8-1&keywords=western+digital+my+book

Can't really go wrong with Western Digital since they are pretty much the best company out there when it comes to Mechanical Hard Drives and it comes with a 2 Year Warranty! Also, I believe its on sale right now for $80, oh and its a 2TB hard drive! But by the love of god, Format dat shit when you get it cause the software it comes with is terrible! Oh and it uses external power



                  

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*Sound Of Rain on 14 June 2014
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

I use this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Book-USB-Hard-Drive-Backup/dp/B00E3RH5W2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402798177&sr=8-1&keywords=western+digital+my+book

Can't really go wrong with Western Digital since they are pretty much the best company out there when it comes to Mechanical Hard Drives and it comes with a 2 Year Warranty! Also, I believe its on sale right now for $80, oh and its a 2TB hard drive! But by the love of god, Format dat shit when you get it cause the software it comes with is terrible! Oh and it uses external power

Thanks but I should've stated I need a portable one. The way my Wii U is in the room, it needs something small to just sit on top of it.



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POE on 14 June 2014

I don´t know of a good portable one. But i have a 2 TB Seagate that works perfect.



EricFabian on 14 June 2014

anything from Seagate or Hitachi. Mine is 1TB Hitachi and works perfectly



osed125 on 14 June 2014
*Sound Of Rain said:

Thanks but I should've stated I need a portable one. The way my Wii U is in the room, it needs something small to just sit on top of it.

If you are looking for a small HDD you will need this: 

http://www.amazon.com/eForCity-dual-Micro-B-Cable-Black/dp/B005M0ICG2/ref=pd_sim_e_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=12YRS5S6FN43TA05HX2S

With that cable you can basically connect any HDD you want (as far as I know at least). I use this hard drive with the cable and I haven't gotten any problems at all.



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MDMAlliance on 14 June 2014

Dunno what to recommend, but I got this one http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Portable-External-STBX500100/dp/B00834SJSK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402800028&sr=8-1&keywords=Seagate+500GB+external+hard+drive and a y cable to go with it. However, not sure if I would actually recommend it myself only because you would need to go find yourself a 3.0 y cable as well.



*Sound Of Rain on 14 June 2014
osed125 said:

If you are looking for a small HDD you will need this: 

http://www.amazon.com/eForCity-dual-Micro-B-Cable-Black/dp/B005M0ICG2/ref=pd_sim_e_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=12YRS5S6FN43TA05HX2S

With that cable you can basically connect any HDD you want (as far as I know at least). I use this hard drive with the cable and I haven't gotten any problems at all.

I don't know much about this so can you explain how it works...

How does the Y cable give the HD power? Does it plug into an outlet or something and the other end in the HD / Wii U?