My computer is not the fastest and seems to be getting slower and slower, it is a basic and was cheap. I have seen these, external hard drives and wonder if this would help speed up my computer
2007-07-02 11:53:30 · 7 answers · asked by grm961 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
It will not really help your computer. An external hard drive is like a box that holds extra information. It stores extra information that your computer cannot store, and it helps you transfer files form one computer to another, if you want to boost your computer's performance, buy RAM, or memory. It has to be specific to your computer, and its easy to install, then you will notice changes in speed.
2007-07-02 11:58:13 · answer #1 · answered by Z 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an external hard drive is the same thing as an internal hard drive exept an external is outside the PC. A hard drive is like a memory stick except you can put a lot more stuff in it. getting a external hard drive might speed up ur system, but i dont think so. what i recommend is getting more RAM (Random Access Memory) the more ram the better!
2007-07-02 12:00:29 · answer #2 · answered by Alex K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An external hard drive is an add on hard drive to add additional
storage capacity for a computer, they won't help your computer get any faster though, what's probably happening Windows is getting bogged down with lots of files that get added to the machine over time like temp files and the like what you need is to delete a lot of these unused files and basically give your machine a "tune up". There are programs that can do this or you can bring it to someone like Geek Squad or someone like that that can do it for you. You can get a program like XP tools for a free trial at download.com
2007-07-02 12:03:15 · answer #3 · answered by booboo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-07 23:53:30 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An external drive is just an extra hard drive that you can plug into your computer externaly.
2007-07-02 12:11:09 · answer #5 · answered by Belgariad 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not to much an external harddrive is just one that plugs in via usb on the out side of your PC instead of being plugged in on the inside (internal) (a harddrive sotors your files)
2007-07-02 11:57:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A device used to store information that does not need to be inside your computer. It will be outside connected via USB or whatever.
2007-07-02 11:56:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋