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Turn ordinary external hd into media drive

Creat · 2014-12-16 20:17:02

I have a external drive. Is it possible to turn an external hd into a media drive?

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16-12-2014 9:17pm

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Creat

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I have a external drive.
Is it possible to turn an external hd into a media drive?

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#2 17-12-2014 12:15am
mordeith

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Creat wrote: »

I have a external drive.
Is it possible to turn an external hd into a media drive?

I presume you mean a self-contained media player? I would doubt it as you'd have to install some kind of media centre OS onto the drive. I'd imagine the lack of a motheboard would be an issue.

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#3 17-12-2014 2:08am
degsie

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Plug it into something like this...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sumvision-Cyclone-Micro-Player-Adaptor-black/dp/B0052X04MO/

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