I have a Toshiba Satellite M35X-S1492 with a 4 pin firewire connection.
I just bought a Maxtor onetouch T01W300 with Firewire 800, Firewire 400 and USB-2 ports.
Only Firewire 800 cables came with the Maxtor unit.
On the back of the Maxtor there is a USB port like you'd find on the back of a printer, 1 6-pin Firewire (400/800?) 2 Firewire 800 ports (know that because they say the cable is supplied)
Can I use FW 400 & 800 interchangeable with my laptop?
How can I find out if I have FW 400/800 on my laptop.
What are my choices of the connections on the Maxtor that can be used with my 4-pin FW my laptop.
Hope I'm making some sense since I'm unfamiliar with firewire.
4-pin fire is the i-link - it carries no power on it, just data - it should work if you can find adapter/cable. It's firewire 400 I should think.
But for ease of use, use the USB port(b to a). Unless you are doing on-they-fly video editing you are not going to notice a difference between firewire 400 and USB2.