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Zach
I want to buy a computer game but it takes a lot of hard drive space so can i buy a portable hard drive to download it on without it taking up my computers hard drive
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Answer
Yes, but....
Unless your computer and portable drive use the eSATA interface, the USB link will be much slower than the internal disk, possibly impacting the game. Not all games give you a choice of which folder to install to, but most do. You won't be able to take that portable drive to another computer and play games on it, if that was part of your thinking.
A better solution is to buy a bigger internal drive for your computer. That gives you maximum space and effectiveness. Add the second hard drive to the computer, run the new disk manufacturer's disk copy program and swap the drives or just use the new drive as extra space. (Most times this question comes up with the C: drive is already nearly full and needs to be expanded).
If you do go this route, make sure you get the right format drive (IDE or SATA) or you'll be very, very sorry when the new drive doesn't fit.
If there's no available room to add the drive internally, you can easily get an external USB enclosure for < $20
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000092&Description=usb%20enclosure%202%2E5&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=False&Order=PRICE
Yes, but....
Unless your computer and portable drive use the eSATA interface, the USB link will be much slower than the internal disk, possibly impacting the game. Not all games give you a choice of which folder to install to, but most do. You won't be able to take that portable drive to another computer and play games on it, if that was part of your thinking.
A better solution is to buy a bigger internal drive for your computer. That gives you maximum space and effectiveness. Add the second hard drive to the computer, run the new disk manufacturer's disk copy program and swap the drives or just use the new drive as extra space. (Most times this question comes up with the C: drive is already nearly full and needs to be expanded).
If you do go this route, make sure you get the right format drive (IDE or SATA) or you'll be very, very sorry when the new drive doesn't fit.
If there's no available room to add the drive internally, you can easily get an external USB enclosure for < $20
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000092&Description=usb%20enclosure%202%2E5&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=False&Order=PRICE
What USB hard drive should I get and how can I connect it to a TV?
Noah
I was thinking about getting a portable USB hard drive and wanted to know what a good one was. This hard drive doesn't have to be special all I will be putting on it is movies and music. Also I wanted to be able to hook up the hard drive to my TV to watch movies or listen to music what will I need to do this.
Answer
I have no first hand experience with this but check out the link below. It looks like you hook this up to the tv and the hard drive to it. Hope this helps. Good Luck.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136593&cm_re=wd_media_player-_-22-136-593-_-Product
I have no first hand experience with this but check out the link below. It looks like you hook this up to the tv and the hard drive to it. Hope this helps. Good Luck.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136593&cm_re=wd_media_player-_-22-136-593-_-Product
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