the hard drive is getting pretty full
How is the quality of the drive?
I have an older (2008) Lenovo Laptop that I really like and it runs beautifully.  I am not ready to give it up.  I take a lot of photos and the hard drive is getting pretty full.  I bought theWestern Digital My Passport 1 TB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - WDBBEP0010BBK-NESN (Black)to archive photos and other older files.  The laptop only has 2 USB ports, so I have a 4-port hub plugged into one.  It had a pair of external speakers and a mouse antenna plugged into two of the ports.  The moment I plugged the My Passport drive into a third port, both the speakers and the wireless mouse went dead.  Apparently the drive requires a dedicated port and/or hogs all the power.  This is putting a serious crimp in my configuration.  I will contact Western Digital to see what they suggest.As far as the functioning of the drive is concerned, that is going fine.  No complaints, so far.  I'll be back if there are any updates to report. 