Yes, Lacie's Ethernet Disk Mini can be connected by USB, though it dosen't speed up data transfer. Also it does so by way of some strange IP over USB drivers and Lacie's firmware is crap compared to Buffalo's.
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Is there any NAS out there that when I'm not using it as a network drive, I can plug in via USB/1394/eSATA and use as a regular drive in Windows?
Yes, Lacie's Ethernet Disk Mini can be connected by USB, though it dosen't speed up data transfer. Also it does so by way of some strange IP over USB drivers and Lacie's firmware is crap compared to Buffalo's.
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