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It can be made portable, but would have to be physically removed from one computer and installed in another one. So they are not generally used in that manner.
External hard drives are the drives associated with portability.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoExternal because they can hold as much capacity than portable one's.
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What is a portable hard drive?
A portable hard drive is both of the following:a hard disk drive that is small enough to carry (portable)a hard disk drive that is external to a computer
What is a portable drive?
A portable hard drive is both of the following:a hard disk drive that is small enough to carry (portable)a hard disk drive that is external to a computer
What is a hard disk that is mounted inside the sytem unit and its not portable?
Fixed disk
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a portable hard disk?
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Can a portable hard disk be connected to different PCs with the same OS?
Certainly, that is one of the main advantages of a portable hard disc
A flat object that holds computer data?
A disk!
How can you improve your PC with a RAM of 190 MB?
Disk Defragmenter, Disk cleanup and a portable hard drive.
Portable storage device that has read write capabilities?
Now a days every storage disk drive is portable.. You can have portable hard disk, cd/dvd drives and floppy drives.. All are having a USB interface..
What is Portable disk?
The term 'portable disk' refers to portable memory for a computer that is in the shape of a disk, such as a CD, DVD, or floppy disk. (On a floppy disk the disk part is on the inside)
What is the best portable hard disk drive and why?
Inarguably, Trancend's 25M series...rugged, stylish and great performer.
Is a floppy disk 3.5 inch portable or fixed?
Floppy disk may be of any type is always portable, however the floppy disk "drives" are fixed.
Can portable hard drives make your computer faster?
Not really, no. However if your boot hard disk was near max capacity and you freed up some space on it by moving stuff to the portable hard drive, THAT might make your computer run quite a bit faster.
