Bringing A Hard Drive From Japan.

[vrsushi]

I may be relocating to Thailand quite soon. The thing is I have 300GB of great stuff on my external hard drive. I live in Japan so of course it's a Japanese model. A lot of it is legal downloads of tv. I really hope the drive will plug in and work in Thailand. All things electrical confuse me to buggery so I hope someone out there can tell me that they have done it and everything works fine.

[richardt1808]

The computers across the world all have a univeral spec and if it has a USB or whatever port, then your drive - or any other removable drive will work just as well here as one in the outer Hebrides.

[vrsushi]

yes, but what about the electrical supply. It is the external hard drive that I want to hook up to a pc.

[Crossy]

yes, but what about the electrical supply. It is the external hard drive that I want to hook up to a pc.

If your drive has an external power supply, look on the rating plate. If it says '100-240V 50-60Hz' or something similar then it has a universal power supply and will work just fine. If it says '100-120V' then you'll need a transformer, if it says '210-240V' then again it will be just fine.

The same goes for your PC and any other electrical devices you wish to bring.

[Nordlys]

Voltage difference aside, Japanese appliances can be plugged to receptacles in Thailand but not always the other way around.