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2006-12-15 09:03:58 · 13 answers · asked by |SpyTroop| 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
hard drives can be used to store any file types. For your situation I would use and external Firewire/1394 drive. You may have to get a 1394 controller card if you system is not equipped with one. Firewire is far superior to USB 2.0 and SCSI is just not worth the money for the performance that you get out of it.
2006-12-15 12:14:57 · answer #1 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm assuming you're referencing a USB or i1384 drive.
Once attached, such a drive behaves exactly like an internal hard drive, and thus will support applications just as an internal drive would.
The only caveat is that one should never install an application on an external drive, if that application loads on system start.
The reason for this is that the external drive will probably become accessible later in the boot process than the application. In other words, the application will attempt to start (the Operating System will seek to run the app) and the external drive may not be ready yet.
The result will be anything from an error to a system hang.
Any application that you start manually after boot is complete will run fine as long as the external drive is active and available.
-dh
2006-12-15 09:09:31 · answer #2 · answered by delicateharmony 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course! it's a hard drive. Games (and everything) get stored on hard drives. The only difference is taht you probably don't boot from your external one, but from whichever one has the operating system installed. It's all just data since it goes to the RAM after being in the hard drive anyway. (loading games is mainly just putting the data into RAM so it can be quickly read and executed)
2006-12-15 09:07:05 · answer #3 · answered by polevaulter1000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. If the hardrive is then unplugged when you try to open the program, it won't work. The drive would need to be connected anytime you are playing. Depending on how it connects to the computer you may have issues with the data transfer speed, which would slow down the game.
2006-12-15 09:06:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In idea, you need to set up abode windows on an exterior stress, yet even if it truly is USB, ignore it, that's some distance too sluggish an interface for an operating gadget. Even then, Windos marks exterior USB drives as "detachable", and could no longer favor to position in in any respect. in problem-free words exception will be exterior eSATA disks, that are plugged into the SATA bus on the workstation by an exterior connector.
2016-11-26 21:36:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Performance can be an issue in an external unit.
USB2 or Firewire are OK for this, and SCSI attatched is, of course, rocking hard core.
2006-12-15 09:12:10 · answer #6 · answered by Jay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes dependly on the size of your hard drive and the hardware of the computer you will use it with you should be able to store it there. even external it is still a hard drive;-)
2006-12-15 09:06:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they can definately store the game....but to run it directly off the external drive you'd want to use firewire for the fastest data transfer possible
2006-12-15 09:05:47 · answer #8 · answered by smartmitch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeap!...it can store all things that ur comp can...i got a Western Digital, works good w/ my 9,000 songs
2006-12-15 09:05:50 · answer #9 · answered by UknowWho 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah if the drive is big enough
2006-12-15 09:05:27 · answer #10 · answered by REBORN 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋