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How do you clone an internal hard drive to external hard drive?
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∙ 14y ago
Connect the drive to a computer, use the device manager or system profiler (mac) to try to determine the model of the drive. From that, you can Google the model and find out the capacity, interface style (IDE, SCSI, SATA), form-factor (regular or notebook), etc.
Then open the external drive enclosure and look at the drive - it's usually just a regular drive (or tiny notebook drive). It will also have whatever adapters are needed by the enclosure to supply power, a data interface, and maybe lights or fans.
You can remove the drive from the enclosure and put it in a computer. You may need a different mounting kit if the drive is too small, or an interface adapter if your computer doesn't have the same interface.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoThere are a few ways to do it. This applies to a PC only.First, go to Windows Explorer. You can go there by right-clicking the start button. Next, click "My Computer" on the left. There should be a drive that is called: "Local Disk (C:)". Right click it. Click "Copy". Then go over the your external hard drive and paste the file into the appropriate folder.
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Is an internal hard drive faster than an external one?
An internal hard drive will generally be faster than an external one.
What is the hard drive known as?
There are external and internal hds
What are the benefits of installing a internal hard drive on a computer?
without a hard drive your PC wouldn't work at all. so you must have a hard drive, whether its internal or external...
If you keep files on computer and external but delete some items from computer files will that update on the external drive?
No, you have to also delete what you want from the external hard drive. Remember, an external hard drive is just like a internal one. So, for example, if you delete picture a on the internal hard drive, that's all that is deleted. If picture a is also on the external hard drive (why would it be though), then you need to also delete it there.
Can external hard drives be used as internal hard drives?
Most external hard drives can be used as internal ones. Provided that the IDE, SATA, or SCSI interface of the external hard drive is the same as the desktop's system board hard drive interface. Users can remove the USB casing and proceed to plug the data and power cables into it. The external drive, just has an additional component, that's used to hook up with the USB port.
Is 500GB hard drive internal or portable?
They make internal and external 500 gb HDD
Can you rename your external hard drive on a mac safely?
You can safely name external and internal hard drives whatever you want on a Mac.
Is the internal hard drive the same as the hard drive?
Generally speaking yes, but consider that hard drives can be either internal or external. It's like asking "Is the apple the same as the fruit?"
Do the files copied to an external hard drive disappear from the internal hard drive?
No, they don't disappear, unless you use the command move to...
How can you transfer stuff off your internal hard drive c onto a external hard drive n?
Just click and drag.
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.
Should I buy an internal or an external hard drive?
It depends on your needs, but internal drives will be cheaper and more reliable.
