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hard drive question

Started by Painton , Oct 24 2008 01:23 PM

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Painton

Posted 24 October 2008 - 01:23 PM

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I just got a 750gb WD mybook external HD and im wondering if there is a way to use this drive to store my info, and run system intensive stuff ( games ) from my raptor. is this even possible?

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SRX660

Posted 24 October 2008 - 05:55 PM

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By being on a USB cable you limit the speed the computer can access the data on the drive. It would be far better to install a second hard drive in the computer and move all data to that drive. I do this with all my computers. I always install 2 drives, one smaller one ( usually around 160 gigs) as the "C" operating system drive with only windows and programs installed. All data goes to the "D" larger drive (250G and up SATA drive).

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