shygirl202
So i recently bought a portable hard drive, my passport. i removed all the information from my laptop and transferred it to the passport. then i cleared my laptop with the disk that came with it when i first bought it, and started it fresh with no information that wasn't essential for it to work. anyways the first day after i cleared it, my laptop was working very well, and going pretty fast. but then it started to get slow and my audio is horrible now. it makes loud annoying sounds, so im guessing its pretty much ruined. my question is that i want to know if the passport i bought to create space on my laptop actually was worth it. or is my laptop in its worst conditions ever because it is simply old? my laptop is a toshiba brand and is 3 years old. i greatly appreciate your advice.
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The pasport is an additional hard drive, its just an external hard drive. You might have multiple hard drives on a desktop computer, but generally laptops only have one internal hard drive. Did you connect the passport to your laptop after re-installing or using the recovery CD to determine if you operating system recognizes what is written on the passport?
Three to five years is the life expectancy of a laptop. Sad but true. I have four legacy laptops that still perform well, but I have adjusted to the quicker pace of my one laptop and two netbooks.
What you may be experiencing is a failing hard drive. It may not be spinning at a consistent speed that meets the drive manufacturer's specifications. Are you a heavy computer user?
There is software available to check the health of your hard drive. Some is freeware and other software you can purchase third party. If you have a local computer shop that you frequent they should be able to test the hard drive.
The passport is a nice additional piece of equipment to have. I have one for each laptop and netbook for backup of personal files.
The pasport is an additional hard drive, its just an external hard drive. You might have multiple hard drives on a desktop computer, but generally laptops only have one internal hard drive. Did you connect the passport to your laptop after re-installing or using the recovery CD to determine if you operating system recognizes what is written on the passport?
Three to five years is the life expectancy of a laptop. Sad but true. I have four legacy laptops that still perform well, but I have adjusted to the quicker pace of my one laptop and two netbooks.
What you may be experiencing is a failing hard drive. It may not be spinning at a consistent speed that meets the drive manufacturer's specifications. Are you a heavy computer user?
There is software available to check the health of your hard drive. Some is freeware and other software you can purchase third party. If you have a local computer shop that you frequent they should be able to test the hard drive.
The passport is a nice additional piece of equipment to have. I have one for each laptop and netbook for backup of personal files.
I need help with my external hard drive?
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yes im a noob.
ok well i just returned a 160 and bought a 250 GB external toshiba hard drive instead of a 320. well i have a laptop and desktop and i would like like to sore stuff on the drive to save up space on both desktop and laptop.
i was wondering if i could store EVERYTHING on my external desktop such as music files, iTunes, Java, Adobe, etc or does it just store music and video files?
also, if i download a program like java on the external hard drive, will that program work on any computer I connect it to interchangeably from my desktop to laptop?
thanks
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Hi, To answer your questions:
A. YES You can store 'everything' (Actually DATA mostly, applications can be stored there too but most will not run from there unless they are 'Portable' versions.)
B. I'm unclear what you mean by 'download a java program', if you mean the Sun Java Runtime installer then yes you can store it there and install from the external HDD, but if you then move the drive to another computer that does not have the JRE then you will need to install it on that PC also.
If you are referring to a Java applet or Javascript then you will be able to run it from there provided the PC its connected to has the JRE installed.
Some Caveats:
Remember the old saying, 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket'?
well that applies very well to placing all your data on one external drive.
The reason being, the internal workings of a hard disk drive (HDD) are basically a magnetic platter (Disc) that spins at high speed and an arm with read/write heads that traverse the platter to obtain the information stored there.
The problems that can occur (leading to total/partial loss of your data) are as follows:
1. As the disc is spinning the external HDD gets a knock or jolt and depending on the strength of the jolt it can either cause a glitch in the data stored at the point on the disc where the jolt occurred or more disastrously cause what is called a 'head crash' where the actual read/write head crashes into the platter and gouges the surface causing fatal (for the data that is) damage.
2. If you unplug the drive without first selecting 'Safely Remove Device' then you run the risk of corrupting the data on the drive.
3. Some of these external drives are flimsy and are easily damaged by dropping them or placing items upon them, especially prone are the miniature drives e.g. 2.5" HDD (those that have laptop sized drives enclosed in and external case) usually these drives have very sensitive casings that are easily damaged by placing of items onto the case.
4. Watch out for ventilation vents in the drive and ensure that they are kept clear at all times, overheating is one of the Biggest HDD killers.
5. Be careful when moving your HDD between various PCs because you yourself might be very careful to have the latest anti-malware protections in place on your PC and laptop but you could take it to someones PC where there is old/outdated or even No protection, in which case your data could be lost or infected.
6. Theft is a major consideration when your drive containing ALL your data is out in the big bad world. (Again I say Backup, Backup, Backup.)
I realise that all that information seems alarmist, but it better to be aware of the dangers that can happen to your drive and be careful and you will then get a long and healthy life from your drive.
Internal drives are prone to the same problems, just that being internal they are less likely to get the knocks that an external drive would.
Regardless of the type of storage method you use there is only one thing that should be uppermost in your usage of computers (when it comes to your data) do a regular BACKUP.
Get a second HDD and regularly backup your data onto it and store it away carefully in between times.
One last point; if you are going to be storing/transferring Hi Def video on the drive the it needs to be formatted using NTFS as opposed to FAT32 otherwise the videos will not fit even though there is sufficient room.
Good Luck.
Hi, To answer your questions:
A. YES You can store 'everything' (Actually DATA mostly, applications can be stored there too but most will not run from there unless they are 'Portable' versions.)
B. I'm unclear what you mean by 'download a java program', if you mean the Sun Java Runtime installer then yes you can store it there and install from the external HDD, but if you then move the drive to another computer that does not have the JRE then you will need to install it on that PC also.
If you are referring to a Java applet or Javascript then you will be able to run it from there provided the PC its connected to has the JRE installed.
Some Caveats:
Remember the old saying, 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket'?
well that applies very well to placing all your data on one external drive.
The reason being, the internal workings of a hard disk drive (HDD) are basically a magnetic platter (Disc) that spins at high speed and an arm with read/write heads that traverse the platter to obtain the information stored there.
The problems that can occur (leading to total/partial loss of your data) are as follows:
1. As the disc is spinning the external HDD gets a knock or jolt and depending on the strength of the jolt it can either cause a glitch in the data stored at the point on the disc where the jolt occurred or more disastrously cause what is called a 'head crash' where the actual read/write head crashes into the platter and gouges the surface causing fatal (for the data that is) damage.
2. If you unplug the drive without first selecting 'Safely Remove Device' then you run the risk of corrupting the data on the drive.
3. Some of these external drives are flimsy and are easily damaged by dropping them or placing items upon them, especially prone are the miniature drives e.g. 2.5" HDD (those that have laptop sized drives enclosed in and external case) usually these drives have very sensitive casings that are easily damaged by placing of items onto the case.
4. Watch out for ventilation vents in the drive and ensure that they are kept clear at all times, overheating is one of the Biggest HDD killers.
5. Be careful when moving your HDD between various PCs because you yourself might be very careful to have the latest anti-malware protections in place on your PC and laptop but you could take it to someones PC where there is old/outdated or even No protection, in which case your data could be lost or infected.
6. Theft is a major consideration when your drive containing ALL your data is out in the big bad world. (Again I say Backup, Backup, Backup.)
I realise that all that information seems alarmist, but it better to be aware of the dangers that can happen to your drive and be careful and you will then get a long and healthy life from your drive.
Internal drives are prone to the same problems, just that being internal they are less likely to get the knocks that an external drive would.
Regardless of the type of storage method you use there is only one thing that should be uppermost in your usage of computers (when it comes to your data) do a regular BACKUP.
Get a second HDD and regularly backup your data onto it and store it away carefully in between times.
One last point; if you are going to be storing/transferring Hi Def video on the drive the it needs to be formatted using NTFS as opposed to FAT32 otherwise the videos will not fit even though there is sufficient room.
Good Luck.
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