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October 16th, 2006 16:00
External Harddrive question
I play alot of games and until recently i found out my computer's existing HD cannot hold all my games because its only 80gigs. If I bought an external harddrive would I be able to access both my old HD and E HD at the same time or would I have to restart my computer and boot onto the E HD if i wanted to use that?
I am really in need of more room for my games on my computer but I really do not want to buy a whole new HD and reinstall everthing so could anyone help me out on this please.
krdomingue
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As a general rule, yes you will be able to use both drives without a problem. Performance will very depending on your system and what you purchase. Newer external HDs more often connect through a highspeed USB port, some use firewire or a add-on PCI card. If your pc is an older modle, it may only have the slower USB 1.0 ports. They will work, but at slower speeds. If that is the case, you may want to consider adding a USB 2 pci card to your system.
Another option would be to add a second internal drive or replacing the 1st drive with a bigger drive. Most PC's will allow at least two internal hard drives.
As mentioned above, it is easier to use the second drive for data storage and run the games on the primary drive. A lot of software out there assumes it will be run on the primary drive and can be difficult to set up on a secondary drive, but may programs don't care.Message Edited by krdomingue on 10-16-2006 01:00 PM
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