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    Lightbulb usb drive shared between 2 comps possible?

    hello i have one of these and me was thinking that i could share it between 2 comps so both comps can see it at the same time?

    So first thing what about power could i disable the power on one lead cause i an afraid it might blow if there are 2 power sources how would it effect the detection of it?. Would it still detect in comp b with no power on the lead?

    2nd is there a 1 usb too 2 usb dongle or something i could get hold of because i have 2 usb extenders comming from both comps in the middle of my desk so i can swap it over as and when needed but would need them both plugged in at once.

    so crazy idea or not?


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    Yup, crazy. You'll either kill it , the pc's or it'll simply not work. The hdd only has one controller, and it won't know which pc to send the data to, both pc's will try to control it and it'll end up being *very* confused.
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    thx for the info

    you prob just saved me my usb drive and pc's thx

    *goes and thinks of another crazy idea (twitch twitch)

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