There is nothing wrong with having another Operating System such as Linux on an external hard drive, but unless you have a fast interface like eSATA instead of USB, you will definitely notice a decrease in performance. It is recommended that you simply dual boot the two Operating Systems by partitioning your 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.
---- # go to "my computer" # browse to your external hard drive # then open another "my computer" window # drag and drop the file(s) you want to the window displaying the external hard drive. ----
An external hard drive
The fastest type of external hard drive would be a external 3.0 USB hard drive.
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the main advantage of an external drive is it being portable. it is not necessary to unplug unless you want to connect it to another computer.
You can completely clear your external hard drive by formatting it.
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External Hard Drives are generally connected to USB ports or FireWire ports.
you can go to the service center of your external hard drive.
The external hard drive is a great way of backing up your data.
The easiest way to find a replacement for your broken hard drive is to purchase another one on an online site such as ebay.com or amazon.com. If not you can go to a local electronics store to see what hard drive you can replace it with. Most external hard drives are on sale now.