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Title: can an external hard drive take the place of an internal one?
Post by: drobes34 on January 05, 2008, 10:15:44 PM

like in a labtop can you use an external hard drive instead of an internal hard drive?

Title: Re: can an external hard drive take the place of an internal one?
Post by: Neubit on January 05, 2008, 10:43:16 PM

You can use one as well as an internal one, the internal hard drive will have to have your operating system installed on it, but you can install everything else and keep your files on your external one.

Title: Re: can an external hard drive take the place of an internal one?
Post by: drobes34 on January 05, 2008, 11:17:47 PM

but u can't substitute an external for an internal?

Title: Re: can an external hard drive take the place of an internal one?
Post by: psp339 on January 06, 2008, 12:01:08 AM

You can. You have to change the boot order to the external hard drive though.

Title: Re: can an external hard drive take the place of an internal one?
Post by: drobes34 on January 06, 2008, 01:37:09 AM

how would i do that?

Title: Re: can an external hard drive take the place of an internal one?
Post by: PvP_LostKnight on January 06, 2008, 02:16:13 AM

when booting up press f10 then change the boot order

Title: Re: can an external hard drive take the place of an internal one?
Post by: drobes34 on January 06, 2008, 03:56:12 AM

so theoretically i could use like an ipod in the usb port and hit f10 when it starts up and change the boot order to it and it should work?

Title: Re: can an external hard drive take the place of an internal one?
Post by: drobes34 on January 06, 2008, 04:01:28 AM

its an old labtop my dad gave to me and the hard drive says it needs replaced when it starts up...the only way it will turn on is in safe mode...so i'm trying to get around it without buying a new hard drive...know any where i could get one cheap?

Title: Re: can an external hard drive take the place of an internal one?
Post by: pinoyballa on January 06, 2008, 01:28:28 PM

www.newegg.com (http://www.newegg.com) will probably be your best bet at finding a cheap hard drive

Title: Re: can an external hard drive take the place of an internal one?
Post by: drobes34 on January 07, 2008, 09:59:27 AM

so no one answered me...can i use only an external hard drive on a labtop...taking place of the internal hard drive.

Title: Re: can an external hard drive take the place of an internal one?
Post by: robin1989 on January 07, 2008, 10:28:00 AM

yes you can as far as i know - i have a clean version of mac os x on an external HDD which if i ever need to i can boot to on start up incase i should ever brake the copy on my internal HDD

Title: Re: can an external hard drive take the place of an internal one?
Post by: Josho on January 09, 2008, 01:11:49 PM

Yes and no. You can use a portable operating systen in it like Linux, and people have made a portable XP, but it's pretty basic. In general Windows doesn't like to be on an external drive, but it is possible, yes.