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i want to get a new external hardrive for my PC. by doing this will this allow for my computer to run faster? i have a 55 gb hard drive on my pc and it is down to 1gb of free space. how do i transfer files to the exteranl hard drive?
-also, can i use the exteranl hardrive on my PC and laptop? i the same movie editing program on both and ideally i would like to transfer the editted movies from PC to laptop. is this possible?
-i think there were like 5 questions in there...... thanks!
Answer
The external hard drive will not speed up either computer. It is just a quick and easy way to add additional storage that is also portable.
When the external drive is plugged into your desktop or laptop the external drive will look like any other drive in your system. For example if you have a internal hard drive (C:\) and a CDROM (D:\) this will show up as (E:\) all you have to do is drag and drop folders, files, etc to the new drive to move them (including edited movies).
You should not have any problems using the external drive on either machine as long as it has a USB port you are good to go.
If you are looking for more speed you should add another drive to the desktop PC (you can have more than one internal drive) also it is cheaper and better performance than an external drive. You could have the edited movies output to that drive so which frees up the read and writes on your primary drive and give you a performance boost.
If you are just interested in moving movies between the laptop and the PC you might look into file sharing using wireless or wired ethernet. Even a crosss over cable if you don't have a router would be fast enough and cheaper than the external drive.
Hope that helps.
The external hard drive will not speed up either computer. It is just a quick and easy way to add additional storage that is also portable.
When the external drive is plugged into your desktop or laptop the external drive will look like any other drive in your system. For example if you have a internal hard drive (C:\) and a CDROM (D:\) this will show up as (E:\) all you have to do is drag and drop folders, files, etc to the new drive to move them (including edited movies).
You should not have any problems using the external drive on either machine as long as it has a USB port you are good to go.
If you are looking for more speed you should add another drive to the desktop PC (you can have more than one internal drive) also it is cheaper and better performance than an external drive. You could have the edited movies output to that drive so which frees up the read and writes on your primary drive and give you a performance boost.
If you are just interested in moving movies between the laptop and the PC you might look into file sharing using wireless or wired ethernet. Even a crosss over cable if you don't have a router would be fast enough and cheaper than the external drive.
Hope that helps.
what are the diffrences between a external DESKTOP hard drive and a external PORTABLE hard drive?
Q. is it just the size and the speed?
can they both be used for a laptop?
thanks
can they both be used for a laptop?
thanks
Answer
There are two sizes of hard drive (that I know of)
3.5" :: This is your standard desktop hard drive that slots into the HDD Bay in your normal desktop case. These are generally cheaper and have an rpm of 7,200 up to 15,000.
2.5" :: This is your standard laptop hard drive, it's a lot smaller because it has to fit into thin laptop bodies, since it's smaller it can also be run on USB power alone if you convert it to external by using a case. The 3.5" drive will need additional power via a power plug at the wall. These drives are typically 5,200 rpm up to 7,200rpm.
A 3.5" will not fit into a laptop and a 2.5" will not fit (properly) into a desktop but they will both work as external drives for any computer.
There are two sizes of hard drive (that I know of)
3.5" :: This is your standard desktop hard drive that slots into the HDD Bay in your normal desktop case. These are generally cheaper and have an rpm of 7,200 up to 15,000.
2.5" :: This is your standard laptop hard drive, it's a lot smaller because it has to fit into thin laptop bodies, since it's smaller it can also be run on USB power alone if you convert it to external by using a case. The 3.5" drive will need additional power via a power plug at the wall. These drives are typically 5,200 rpm up to 7,200rpm.
A 3.5" will not fit into a laptop and a 2.5" will not fit (properly) into a desktop but they will both work as external drives for any computer.
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