So what i need to know is if I buy an external hard drive and I don't put a new internal hard drive in since the other broke will the external hard drive work as
the primary hard drive, without me having to buy a new internal hard drive?
2006-10-27 19:25:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
its very hard to connect a external hard drive as an internal one, plus all enternal hard drives is cheaper, and more guarnteed than external ones, simply because its inside the case thus it won't get many shocks as if its external, and the choice is yours, !
2006-10-27 23:15:16 · answer #1 · answered by Wish Master 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is 1 way and 1 way only that you can make an external harddrive boot Win OS. Buy a "removable hard drive casing" that externalises the internal drive. The serial cable and internal power source are routed to the front of the case and converted to a parellel port. The HDD is then connected to the PC just like an internal, but can be removed in seconds. The only drawback is the PC MUST BE OFF when the HDD is removed. No USB involved, easy to install, greatly improved security (being able to hide your entire PC's data remotely when not in use), fully interchangeable (for when you have multiple OS's on different HDDs you want to use on 1 PC), and relatively cheap (these are about US$20, versus US$50+ for fully external HDD casings)
2006-10-27 21:34:17 · answer #2 · answered by Bawn Nyntyn Aytetu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you run Microsoft you must have a internal drive to boot from.
If you run the 800 Unix clones, most will boot and run from external devices, thumb drives, the camera memory, a LiveCDrom, your Play Station, and just about anything that has a space of about 3 Mb. Two floppies will "boot and root" Linux or BSD!
The Space Shuttle runs all it's redundant flight systems on Linux on it's four 386's! Microsoft.com, hotmail.com, and MSN.com runs on 45,000 Linux computers.
Get this, burn it to CDrom, reboot with it in the CDrom drive... I ran it for a month, with no hard drive, and then, here I am with two 80GB externals, and a tiny SCSI drive internally, just big enough to hold some fav. files of music...
2006-10-27 19:33:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely not. You might need an operating system to recognize the drive via the USB ports.
Small internal Hard drives are relatively cheap now a days.
2006-10-27 19:28:28 · answer #4 · answered by fratmcgee24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most PC BIOS's will not recognize a drive on a USB port. Instead they wait for the OS to load and then can see the drive.
I'd say you should buy a new internal drive. Sorry man... :)
2006-10-27 19:37:06 · answer #5 · answered by braino07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no becaues the sys+ os need software to see the external
buy an interal hd ------cheaper
it goes in the same way ir comes out
be shure to turn off pc and un plug .
touch case before touching anything else
set the jumper for master, if you don't know what a jumper is
the answer is in the instrution book ,
set your old hd as slave , you may be able to put old data off it
2006-10-27 19:42:03 · answer #6 · answered by MASQUE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't think so, Replacing an internal hd is not hard if you are careful about reconnecting everything properly and this might be your chance to upgrade to something bigger and faster.
2006-10-27 19:41:00 · answer #7 · answered by doktordbel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems.
Some hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful
2006-10-28 23:46:42 · answer #8 · answered by blsruthi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋