No. They are not copied to the computer's harddrive. Just the destination drive gets the files.
An external hard drive can be expensive and easily damaged or corrupted. It can however be useful to back up computers, easy to transport, and easy to use.
Use an external harddrive. (USB stick is most common)
though an External HardDrive with usb interface
External storage are computer hardwares that allows you to store files and other computer memorizes outside of the computer. External hard drive is a form of external storage and are generally portable.
no at least it would not provide the kind of easy access that a true external harddrive would and would not be very cost effective.
The drive is formatted for the Mac. You need to take the information off the harddrive, then format it for PC and reload the data. Im dealing with the exact same issue right now but my question is how to get the PC to view the external harddrive through the network as a volume. I can see the Mac and its contents, but how do I get to the drive? suggestions?
There are two best options for storing backups. You can store your backups on an external harddrive. This will not protect against damage from fire or flood which will probably destroy both the computer and the external harddrive. You can also backup your files online through different storage services.
On an internal HardDrive, or split across several DVDs
In computers, a unit which delivers information from the computer to an external device or from internal storage to external storage
In computers, the bus is the subsystem that transfers data between internal parts of the computer, or from internal parts of the computer to external parts, or between two computers. External bus can be parallel (ATA (and all of its derivations), IEEE-488, SCSI) or serial (USB, FireWire, etc.).
yes
While external hard drives have the availability to work with multiple computers, it would be false to say every external hard drive works with every computer.