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ThePirateCaptain

There didn't seem to be a main thread for asking about this type of thing, but I'm sorry if there is.

Anyway, I was looking to get and external hard drive for my Wii U and was wondering if this one would work. From what research I did, I'd assume it would, but I wanted to ask some people who might have more experience with this before buying it.

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ThePirateCaptain

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Munson

I have the 1TB version of the same hard drive. It works fine for me. You will need a Y Cable for it. I have read that some people don't recommend Toshiba hard drives. Mine has worked fine so far.

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CapnPancakes wrote:

There didn't seem to be a main thread for asking about this type of thing.....

https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/wii-u/never_buy_a_toshiba_...
https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/wii-u/nintendolife_approve...
https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/wii-u/wii_u_external_hard_...
https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/wii-u/will_this_external_h...
https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/wii-u/external_hard_drive
https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/wii-u/thoughts_on_external...
https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/wii-u/will_this_hard_drive...
https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/wii-u/best_hard_drive_for_...
https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/wii-u/will_this_external_h...
https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/wii-u/wii_u_external_hard_...
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Anyways, as I have always said. Any HDD will work if you have a powered USB hub connected to the back of the Wii U. If you have a portable drive then if you want to run without a powered USB hub then you'll need a Y-cable. Otherwise a drive that's powered, usually the non "portable" models, will work fine. Also save your money and don't bother buying a drive in the TBs because you'll never use all that space.

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Sean_Aaron

You might be right, I've got a lot of software including many disc-releases and I've used a bit over 300GB of my 2TB desktop drive. That was a spare, but I think it's quite likely I'll end up with over 500GB of software so if I was doing it from scratch I'd go with a 1TB device.

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ThePirateCaptain

Alright, thanks for the help guys. I think I'm going to go ahead and get the hard drive and just buy a y-cable. I don't need a crazy amount of space, and I'm not trying to break my wallet either.

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