Not tiny little USB hard drives but actual Fire Wire hard drives that are as big as a router (or bigger).
2006-10-22 16:52:57 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
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2006-10-22 17:19:04 · update #1
If you leave it connected, it should work just fine. But if you unplug it and try to play it from your friend's computer, it will not work because the registry files are stored on your own computer.
But one thing to take note!
Firewire, unless it is firewire 800 (which I doubt you have connected), is still MUCH slower than internal, so if it is a game like oblivion for instance, it will have REALLY slow loading times.
2006-10-22 17:00:47 · answer #1 · answered by jomanscool2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES!!! I do the same thing coz i ran outta space on my desktop too and i bought an external hard drive and installed all my games on it. Only thing is you need to make sure you don't move the wire while in use as that could corrupt the portable hard drive, also make sure have USB speed 2.0 for fastest daa transfer.
2016-05-22 00:00:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like everyone else says, yes you can. Why do you want to? If you are out of space on your C drive, then try to dump your data files to the external drive instead. That way you can take your data files with you if you want.
If you are expecting to take your external drive to a different computer and run the game from there, IT WONT WORK because the game stores its main variables in the registry - on the C drive. No way around that...
2006-10-22 17:18:19 · answer #3 · answered by orlandobillybob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you are installing, choose a destination folder on the other hard drive, rather than using the default that pops up. The installed shortcuts should automatically reach wherever you do the installation. If not, modify the shortcut to the folder you need to reach.
2006-10-22 17:00:51 · answer #4 · answered by Iaean 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you should be able to. when you load the game it should akd for the location Just chang the drive from C: to what ever letter drive you hhvae it assigned to.
Also if it puts a shortcut on your desktop you may have to change its properties as it ma look for the C drive and you will have to change that too.
2006-10-22 17:04:28 · answer #5 · answered by Psycmixer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You most certainly can. I would use a USB 2.0 or Firewire drive.
2006-10-22 17:13:22 · answer #6 · answered by Duane P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all an external hard drive is is one that is outside your computer so yes you can
2006-10-22 17:00:04 · answer #7 · answered by hello 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea why not
its as if you just took your harddrive from the inside and put it on the floor
maybe a sheet or 2 of metal around it
and that's it
2006-10-22 17:18:23 · answer #8 · answered by Eng 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
absolutely!!! My brother even tried it on his iPOD and it works. Fire wire HD's are even faster....no reason why it wont work.
2006-10-22 17:01:39 · answer #9 · answered by Nevwe 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-10-23 04:58:31 · answer #10 · answered by U can't B like me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋