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Can i use a external USB portable HDD as a main HDD for PC?
Started by Jitendra vyas on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
If you want to run Windows....
It depends.
The cost/gig is also higher.
The problem is transfer speed over USB is way slower than SATA or PATA internal .
You would have to set boot from USB device and then hook up the device .
Yes, but it will be very slow.
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Could it support 1TB, or 2TB ?
I've heard FireWire 800 can power big external HDD.
Started by Cheng on
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Overall, any 1.8" or 2....
2,5 inch HDD with that.
On the other hand, if you find a Firewire 800 box, you could always connect it to your PC with a FW400-FW800 cable .
Is to find a Firewire 400 SataII HD case, without external power supply.
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I recently purchased a large HDD along with the following HDD enclosure:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817173043
It has a simple on-off switch on the back.
When I want to turn this thing off, do I simply just flip the switch? I...
Started by Jakobud on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
After that, you should be safe to pull the plug and/or turn of the power... .
If you're using Windows, just click on the system tray icon that looks like a USB flash disk and choose to eject the drive .
It's highly recommended that you first eject the drive.
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Can a "low-end" NAS device - basically an external HDD that has an ethernet interface, connected to a home router - be fast enough to stream "regular" video to a computer or streamer? What about HD video?
I'm referring to ~1TB external HDD devices that...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
As others have pointed out, the average bandwidth will not likely be a ... .
The bandwidth (both network and disk) provided by the low-end NAS will be much more than the bandwidth needed to stream most standard def and the majority of compressed HD video .
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I want to write an app. (web-based if possible) to copy an external HDD (already partitioned and containing data) to a like HDD with the same partitions-- does anyone think this would be possible with Java (Google App Engine? To convert Java app and run...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Especially if you want to mirror some kind of special HDD.
This case is rare but it can happen.
Disc, you must boot from an external CDROM/USB Device in order to preform the copy state.
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Is there anyway to add an external harddrive (that isnt connected to a computer) to my network so i could add/modify things wirelessly from my laptop. I ask because i have a HDD hooked up to my television and it gets to be a pain to have to physically...
Started by Petey B on
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How does the....
Airport Extreme) or by replacing it with a proper NAS device .
You need some way to connect to the HDD from the network - either by getting a device to essentially turn your HDD into a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device (eg.
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I have an Airport Extreme wireless router and I use the usb port on the back to connect my old IoMega HDD to it as sort of a fake NAS (until I have enough cash to get a Drobo).
Every time I wish to access the external HDD I cannot connect via my mac or...
Started by Mike Fielden on
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I reverted to 7.4.1.
I got the bright idea to upgrade to 7.4.2, and then I could not access my external drive at all.
I was running 7.3.1.
With a 1 TB external USB used for time machine.
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I have an external HDD that I formated in FAT32 using Mac OS X. I don't know how but it's unmountable in a Windows XP machine running SP3. The HDD size is 500Gb and it contains a single partition. Is there a way to make it mountable on a Windows machine...
Started by Nuno Curado on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
It is not possible to change from GUID to MBR without... .
On a Mac click on the disk in disk utility and see what it shows under "Partition Map Scheme" .
When you create FAT32 partitions with a GUID partition scheme, XP cannot read the drive, requires MBR .
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Hey guys,
I accidentally unplugged (without ejecting) my formatted external Seagate HDD I've been using happily as a Time Machine on my Mac. Now the disk itself isn't recognised by the computer, and the light on the drive just pulsates.
Any ideas how ...
Started by CannonGod on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Just leave the drive connected overnight, most likely....
If there are many files on the disk, or the disk is large, this can take some time .
Usually, when disconnecting a drive without ejecting it, the drive's integrity is checked upon the next connection .
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Hi people,
i recently buy WD Mybook Essential HDD 1 TB. I downloaded and install Smartware software in both my desktop (windows xp) and laptop (Windows 7) but in both case the s/w is not able to detect the external hard disc. It shows desktop/laptop (...
Started by romilnagrani on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Do you know for sure that it's powered on? I say this because there are 2.5" external drives that don't require power, but your 1TB drive almost certainly does.
Is plugged in to an external power supply.
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