2007-01-02 23:22:55 · 10 answers · asked by Roni S 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
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2007-01-02 23:46:29 · answer #1 · answered by David B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An external hard drive is frequently used for backing up documents from your computer. The external hard drive can be kept in a safe place, with all your documents or anything on it. They can hold vast amounts of space.
2007-01-02 23:29:33 · answer #2 · answered by Chemical Jelly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A disk enclosure is essentially a specialized chassis designed to hold and power disk drives while providing a mechanism to allow them to communicate to one or more separate computers. Drive enclosures provide power to the drives therein and convert the data sent across their native data bus into a format usable by an external connection on the computers to which it is connected. In some cases, the conversion is as trivial as carrying a signal from one type of SCSI or Serial ATA cable to another. In others, it is so complicated as to require a separate embedded system that reads data over a Parallel ATA bus and retransmits it over a Universal Serial Bus, as a USB Mass Storage Device.
2007-01-02 23:32:18 · answer #3 · answered by sam_arbg 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A disk enclosure is essentially a specialized chassis designed to hold and power disk drives while providing a mechanism to allow them to communicate to one or more separate computers. Drive enclosures provide power to the drives therein and convert the data sent across their native data bus into a format usable by an external connection on the computers to which it is connected. In some cases, the conversion is as trivial as carrying a signal from one type of SCSI or Serial ATA cable to another. In others, it is so complicated as to require a separate embedded system that reads data over a Parallel ATA bus and retransmits it over a Universal Serial Bus, as a USB Mass Storage Device.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_hard_drive
2007-01-02 23:26:04 · answer #4 · answered by memo 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A disk enclosure is essentially a specialized chassis designed to hold and power disk drives while providing a mechanism to allow them to communicate to one or more separate computers. Drive enclosures provide power to the drives therein and convert the data sent across their native data bus into a format usable by an external connection on the computers to which it is connected. In some cases, the conversion is as trivial as carrying a signal from one type of SCSI or Serial ATA cable to another. In others, it is so complicated as to require a separate embedded system that reads data over a Parallel ATA bus and retransmits it over a Universal Serial Bus, as a USB Mass Storage Device.
2007-01-02 23:29:46 · answer #5 · answered by sweetraskels 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
External hard drives are normal hard drives with a special casing with USB ports and USB cables. so that you can connect to any system using a usb port
2007-01-02 23:25:39 · answer #6 · answered by SMS 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is a disk drive that can be used outside the PC casing, or plugged into a laptop usually via a USB connection.
2007-01-02 23:30:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-external-hard-drive.htm
2007-01-02 23:25:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
a hard drive that plugs into your usb port and can be used just like your internal hard drive
2007-01-03 23:08:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is a box containing free space, which you have to connect to your computer. it is designed to provide additional storage memory for computers. it is usually in terms of MB and GB. you have to purchase it separately and connect it to your computer. it is usually bought when the space in your computer is nearly over or when it is slow.
2007-01-02 23:28:29 · answer #10 · answered by Seungyong W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋