Use of a HDD without its own power supply directly to the Touch is not recommended. From what I recall the issue was the amount of power it might draw would cause the Touch to not function. That being said when I 1st got mine in 2010 I used a Toshiba Canvio 2.0 drive which does not have a power adapter and it worked fine. The only reason I switched to having a network w the HDD w my music attached to my PC was increased functionality and ease of use. If you remove a drive that is directly attached to the Touch and then reattach it rescans the entire library which is a PIA. There is no reliable list of what model wo its own power adapterworks and which does not because there are too many variables that may be encountered.
Check out this thread for more info- http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?82070-Touch-with-USB-drive-mastering-TinySB&highlight=Tiny+SC Good luck. Once you get it operating I think you will love it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dasmueller's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38035 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94815 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch