does a external hard drive work good with laptops and does it drain your battery fast
2007-03-18 23:28:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Some of the larger external drives like the Seagate or Maxor Onetouch have their own power supplies so battery drain is minimal.
2007-03-19 00:08:01 · answer #1 · answered by nnucklehedd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
external hard drives can be useful with laptops which can sometimes have limited space though less so today. I doubt it would rain your battery particularly fast, kind of like a usb perhaps though the extra programs needed to use it (im assuming it is kind of like a backup) may drain some battery, I doubt it would be severe.
2007-03-18 23:34:58 · answer #2 · answered by aleesha j 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They work great. Sure, any USB device that uses power from the computer will reduce battery life, but that's something that you can't really change. I suggest using a USB stick if you can get away with it as it uses MUCH less power than an external drive. USB sticks are around 2GB or more now.
2007-03-18 23:32:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
External HDD are also called USB HDD, so by attaching it to usb port you can use it on your laptop also.
2007-03-18 23:32:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋