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3 .. power HDD

You can use a powered USB hub.

Also. Remember the old 2,5” external USB HDD y-style cables that had an extra USB 2 plug (connected with a thinner cable with just 2 wires for the power and not data) that you could plug into a second USB sockets so the disk draws power from 2 ports? Maybe such thing still exists for current USB disks.

You can then plug the second plug into a standard USB charger for smartphones or similar.



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