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Protable USB hard disk
Hello,
I have a P3 laptop date back in 2000. It has 10 G HDD and it is nearly full. I am looking to buy a USB hard disk to add some storage to my laptop. I have a PC and I need to transfer data between the two systems most of the time. I have some questions that you may help me: 1- is it a good idea to buy a USB hard disk for this purpose? 2- Can I install software on it? If yes can I run these software when I connect it to my PC? Some software change parameters in registry and hence I think it is not possible to install software on a portable hard disk. 3- Can I boot from this hard disk? 4- Is the hard disk (2.5") in a portable hard disks the same as the hard disks that is used in laptops? I may want to change my laptop hard disk with the hard disk inside one of these systems. Can I do this? Any other suggestion? Best regards |
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On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 19:46:35 +0100, "ma" wrote:
Hello, I have a P3 laptop date back in 2000. It has 10 G HDD and it is nearly full. I am looking to buy a USB hard disk to add some storage to my laptop. I have a PC and I need to transfer data between the two systems most of the time. I have some questions that you may help me: 1- is it a good idea to buy a USB hard disk for this purpose? Yes. 2- Can I install software on it? If yes can I run these software when I connect it to my PC? Some software change parameters in registry and hence I think it is not possible to install software on a portable hard disk. Yes. 3- Can I boot from this hard disk? Depends on the laptop's BIOS but your laptop may not be able to boot from USB drives. 4- Is the hard disk (2.5") in a portable hard disks the same as the hard disks that is used in laptops? I may want to change my laptop hard disk with the hard disk inside one of these systems. Can I do this? Usually. All USB drives I've checked are IDE drives with USB to IDE interface. In some cases, the USB interface may be coded only for certain hard drive it comes with and not work with your 10GB hard drive. -- To reply, replace digi.mon with tds.net |
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Get an IPod instead
"ma" wrote in message ... Hello, I have a P3 laptop date back in 2000. It has 10 G HDD and it is nearly full. I am looking to buy a USB hard disk to add some storage to my laptop. I have a PC and I need to transfer data between the two systems most of the time. I have some questions that you may help me: 1- is it a good idea to buy a USB hard disk for this purpose? 2- Can I install software on it? If yes can I run these software when I connect it to my PC? Some software change parameters in registry and hence I think it is not possible to install software on a portable hard disk. 3- Can I boot from this hard disk? 4- Is the hard disk (2.5") in a portable hard disks the same as the hard disks that is used in laptops? I may want to change my laptop hard disk with the hard disk inside one of these systems. Can I do this? Any other suggestion? Best regards |
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Why should anyone support Apple? Do you like being locked into a proprietary
DRM audio format that Jobie refuses to licence? "Ray Silva" wrote in message ... Get an IPod instead |
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