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Can you take the hard drive out of an external hard drive and put it into your computer?
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∙ 13y ago
No because most external ones need software and you cant store the soft ware on the external one
This is inaccurate. An external (USB) hard drive can replace an internal drive providing that the operating system is located on the external drive AND the BIOS boot sequence is set to allow booting from a USB device as the first boot device.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 13y agoIn a sense, you could boot windows from it but it would likely not be ideal on a laptop.
A Desktop could boot from it, again not ideal, however you can move your media (EG, i tunes...) to the external and free up internal space.
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∙ 13y agoMost of the time the answer is yes. What you would have to do is match architecture. Some external's use SATA hard drives, some use PATA (or IDE). Computers also use SATA or PATA drives. You could not take a SATA external and use it in a PATA computer or vice versa. Some motherboards can use both, and there are some special cables that will let you use the other type device.
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∙ 12y agoYes, you absolutely can replace the hard drive yourself. You just have to know what brands to use with your laptop. Make sure you know what you are doing because if you don't have the ride tools and parts you will crash your computer and then it's useless.
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∙ 11y agoYes, it is possible but should be carried out by a hardware professional. Make sure you know the dimensions that it can be before you buy it and make sure it will be compatible with your system.
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Can you use hard drive with terabyte memory on standard computers?
If it is an external hard drive, then the computer should be able to take it. However, if it is an internal hard drive, you will have to check the system requirements of your computer.
How does one recycle an external hard drive?
To recycle an external hard drive you must take the hard drive to an appropriate site. Certain businesses such as computer stores will offer services to destroy and dispose of the hard drives for a small fee.
How do you take music from you external hard drive and put it into your computer?
Open the external HD, find the file and drag it over to the computer and drop in the file you want it in.
What are the benefits of an external hard drive enclosure?
If a hard drive is external to computer then it is easy to move it between computers if required or take it away for safe keeping. If it has a good had drive enclosure then it is more protected from the elements or from accidental damage.
What are some of the benefits of the Lacie external hard drive?
Some of the benefits of the Lacie External Hard Drive are that one can take the External Hard Drive to wherever one need it, also that these External Hard Drives are practical and easy to take since they are small.
How do you back up my hard drive?
You get another memory storage device, such as an external hard drive, and you copy everything on your hard drive onto the external hard drive, and keep it safe. That way, if your hard drive crashes, then you can take it out, and plug your external hard drive in, and work from that.
What are the advantage and disadvantage of external and internal parts of the computer?
Well as you may know an internal hard drive is inside your computer and stores just about all your computers' info. But you may have information on there that you want to take to your friends house, so you would put the info on your internal hard drive on an external hard drive, then put it on your friends computer instead of taking in and out your internal hard drive. So really bottom line here and external hard dirve is a more portable hard drive and easier to carry around.
Can you increase the storage capacity of DVR?
If your DVR has an eSATA or Firewire port on the back, it is sometimes possible to attach a regular external hard drive for computers to it to expand the storage space. After formatting the external hard drive for the DVR, your DVR is most likely to restart recording TV shows into either its internal hard drive or external that you attached depending on which has more available storage space. Consult with your DVR's owner's manual. Note that you will not be able to take out the recordings from the external hard drive using a computer as the external hard drive has to be formatted FOR the DVR in such a way that the computer cannot see / access it.
Is having 2 hard drives an alternative to using an external hard drive?
It can be..... But I use a maxtor 500gigabyte external hard drive, and it makes a world of difference. It has boosted my ram, and prosscessing speed, and I can take it to work, plug it into my computer there, with all my programs, so i can add in what I did at home instead of lugging around my laptop. I recommend external hard drives more than just adding a 2nd hard drive.
What are external hard drives used for?
There are multiple reasons for example: 1. If someone has maxed out there computers internal hard drives then they can use an external hard drive as there storage while keeping all there internal hard drive files intact. 2. If someone wants to keep business and personal programs seperate. 3. Also if someone needs a large amount of space for a home run business.
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An external USB hard drive can be used for several purposes. It can add additional storage space to your computer or laptop. It is also great for recovering damaged information on a computer.
Your computer broke down how do you get everything back?
If you can, open up your computer and take the hard drive out. I would then take it to a computer store and have them transfer the data (If possible) to another hard drive.
