My laptop has a 100 Gigabyte hardrive and it is getting full fast. I have only had it for maybe five days and i have already put 20 G on it. Would one of those hardrives that you connect with usb port be compatible with it? I wad looking at the 200 Gigabyte ones. My laptop has four usb ports on it. I want one that I can leave at home at connect to it when I need it. I dont want to have to replace the hardrive that came in the computer.
2006-11-27 07:01:12 · 10 answers · asked by mobleyj91 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Well, you should check out the external hard drive reviews on C-Net. http://www.cnet.com/
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2006-11-27 10:29:27 · answer #2 · answered by MegaNerd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, any external USB HD will work with your computer.
The smaller ones (up to 200GB might even be able to run from the USB cable without the need for external power source). (they work fine on my MacBook Pro without the need to be plugged into a power outlet)
Larger external USB HDs (400, 500gb and above) will need to be plugged into an external outlet as the power provided by the USB cable will not be sufficient to power the HD.
Good luck
2006-11-27 07:04:17 · answer #3 · answered by Cris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is an excellent alternative to filling up the internal hard drive. I suggest the Maxtor Extrernal Drives, as I've had quite a bit of luck with them.
2006-11-27 07:27:10 · answer #4 · answered by bill_scott_2004 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the external USB harddrives will be compatible and probably the best solution.
2006-11-27 07:03:11 · answer #5 · answered by Milu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
buy a 500 gb usb hard drive and connect that to da. usb port
2006-11-27 07:04:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A USB or FireWire external drive should be fine, but don't expect it to be extremely fast with transferring data.
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2016-12-17 17:13:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can connect the external hard drive.
2006-11-27 07:03:31 · answer #9 · answered by Godzilla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any of the external HD's should work fine for you...
2006-11-27 07:03:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋