Can a portable hard drive be hooked up to any computer without installing a driver disk?

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I want to buy a 160gb portable hard drive but i seen some that came with a drivers disk.If i buy one will i be able to transport the hard drive and hook it up to any computer and transfer video without taking the drivers disk and installing it on every computer i use just like my small 2gb flash drive?

Sorry if the Q sounds stupid.
Thanks for all the input eveyone.You all were helpful.I will let this go for a vote,

Answer
Windows XP will recognize it without you putting in a driver.

How long would it roughly take to transfer 130GB worth of video files to a portable hard drive?

Caitlin

My C: drive only has 16GB left because of all the movies/TV shows I have on it, so I'm going to buy a 1TB portable hard drive and put them all on there to free up my computer and make it run faster... So how long would it roughly take for all of them to copy?
Thanks! :)

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Hi that depends on how old your laptop is more than anything as it will be controlled by it's processor and available ram.

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