Okay, so I want to make sure I understood it correctly. External hard drive is never meant for installing OS no matter how big or how fast it is, correct? It's only meant for storage, correct? Please elaborate if I didn't understand it correctly. I see that MC has a 500GB for a mere $69.99. Pretty good deal to pass up.
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External HD
- Thread starter JCNiest5
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You can boot an OS from usb, and you can also buy a cheap external drive and take the hard drive out of the external case, most of them are ATA drives, but some of the newer ones are SATA.
All that is inside those cases is a normal desktop drive though, and most of them are really easy to open up
All that is inside those cases is a normal desktop drive though, and most of them are really easy to open up
You can boot an OS from usb, and you can also buy a cheap external drive and take the hard drive out of the external case, most of them are ATA drives, but some of the newer ones are SATA.
All that is inside those cases is a normal desktop drive though, and most of them are really easy to open up
Oh, that's good then. I might buy one from my local MC. Anyone knows if Fantom Titanium II 500GB USB HD is good? Never heard of that brand before.
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Anyone knows if Fantom Titanium II 500GB USB HD is good
What's the warranty?
Roll-Ur-Own external. A quality 3.5" internal drive + a quality external enclosure = something decent you can count on.
You get what you pay for.