I would do a google search for a "powered external hard drive"
Some members seem to have got away with using an an unpowered 2.5" external drive but an unpowered drive normally uses very near the limit of current available on USB (usually recommended limit 500Ma) Humax did not recommend using unpowered drives when I contacted them.
There will be a multitude of powered drives available. Or you could buy a cheap PC 3.5" internal drive & get a powered 3.5" external caddy for it.
There are plenty of 3.5" drives available cheaply on UK sites & a powered 3.5" caddy will cost from about £10 on amazon or Ebay. Fitting it in is easy
Virtually all new HDDs these days are SATA so ensure that you get a SATA Caddy for it.
Most 2.5" external drive's are unpowered so beware with these as you may invalidate your warranty if the drive draws too much current.
I am using a (formatted) Seagate Replica 500 gig drive with a PSU (using a cable modification to stop feeding the 5 volts back into the Humax box) which seems to work well.
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