can I install windows server 2012 on an external hard drive?

Thijs

Hello, I have an 250GB external hard drive and I was wondering if I could install windows sever 212 on it without making any changes to my windows 7 computer, and how do I do that?cI want the drive to contain the operating system and have it be a standalone from my computer, is that possible?

thanks! Thijs

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Short answer: No, you can not.

Explanation: Software installed in a windows environment adds information to the registry, additional information to tie everything together. The registry is part of the OS on your C: drive. As long as the ext. h.d. is attached to your own computer, it will find the necessary registry information; but the moment you connect it to a different computer, the registry information will not be there, and the program (server 2012, in this particular instance) will fail.

Sorry! :-(

Good method or software to mirror an external hard drive?

Rich

I have consolidated a bunch of external hard drives, deleted garbage, etc. I am very organized, and managed to get all the photos on one drive with a lot of room left. I have an identical empty drive. I would like a method to copy the drive with photos to empty drive (mirror) then store the copy in my safe deposit box. I would bring it back every couple of months to update and add new photos. I want a system that will automatically recognize and add only new stuff, so it is easy. What is the best method or software to do this? I use windows and mac, but drives are NTFS, my Macs read/Write NTFS and my PCs read write Mac drives, so it is not an issue where I do it (but I would prefer mac, as that is my mainstay) if pc is best solution, I'll just move the drive when I update.

All photos are stored in date description folders starting with year, and may have sub folders for RAW and JPEG. I also use lightroom, so I am going to clear lightroom library and sync to new consolidated drive. An Example folder might be "2012-02-21 Family Dinner" and that folder may have just JPEGS or 2 sub folders for Jpegs and RAW. This ensures true chronological order.

Any Suggestions? I just don't want to do it manually as I am afraid I will miss somehing, or spent time overwriting data.

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I do something similar,

On the drive i permanently connected, i have 1 folder in the root of the drive and all my other folders and files in that.

on my backup drive i make a folder with the date as name and when i connect my backup drive i just drag the 1 folder (containing everything) from my permanent drive to the folder i made with the days date on it on my backup drive.

This way i have a few full copies of my permanent drive, and just delete the older ones after a few months.

I am by no means saying this is the "correct" way of doing it, but this way a dont need any 3rd party software and i can backup to any backup drive by just drag and dropping 1 folder.

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Does have an idea of when the price of hard drives will drop down again?

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Johnny

I was planning on purchasing an external terabyte hard drive and saw that the price dramatically increased within a fairly short time. I've read that there was a flood where the drives are manufactured and they weren't able to produce as many as they originally planned, so the prices were raised. I'm guessing that in early 2012 the supply will meet the demand and the price range will return to its Summer 2011 range. Does anyone know any more about this? Thanks!

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Experts predict that the floods will affect drive prices until 2013, but practically you should see consumer drive prices down to about where they were before the floods by mid 2012. I'd say wait at least until March before getting a large drive, though it's up to you if you need the storage now or later.

How much memory is my computer using?

Rubbersoul

I know this is a n00b question, but I want to purchase an external hard drive for my computer so I need to find out how big a hard drive I would need. What is the normal amount of memory a 14in laptop would use? I have an HP Pavilion dm4... Thanks!

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You are much more than a noob, you are completely uneducated in computers, no offense....

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A hard drive IS NOT MEMORY!!!!
Your RAM is memory.
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Any size hard drive can be used as either an internal or USB external storage device.
You can buy any size external hard drive you want, according to how much stuff you think you need to store on it. As they are relatively cheap nowadays, I recommend getting at least a 1TB (1024GB) external hard drive for your file storage needs.
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As far as the normal amount of RAM (memory) in a 14 inch laptop, that can vary by type, brand, specs, price, etc.
It can be anywhere from 2GB to 8GB or even 16GB of RAM.
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REMEMBER THIS:
A hard drive is just permanent storage space for operating system and personal files, like a closet or chest drawer, if you want. The bigger it is the more stuff it will hold. In your case, the bigger the hard drive, the more files you can store on it.
Here are a 3.5 inch desktop hard drive and a 2.5 inch laptop hard drive.
http://www.hidinginsanity.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/bothformats.jpg

RAM - an acronym for Random Access Memory (aka memory, system memory or operating memory) on the other hand, is where your computer temporary stores system and program files as well as all other stuff needed to run the operating system and any program or application you are using at that moment.
RAM memory gets constantly erased and overwritten during normal computer operation and is dumped (emptied out) when the computer is shut down.
Here is how RAM (memory) looks like:
http://writers-pavilion.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Types-of-Computer-Memory.jpg

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