My comp has an 80 GB hard drive. It's almost all used up. It was suggested that I get and external hard drive.
How do they work?
Do I just plug it in through a USB?
Can I store pictures and music on it?
~thank you~
2007-09-17 02:04:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
wow! thank you everyone. didnt know it was that easy. guess i'll hit up Best Buy today!
2007-09-17 02:12:39 · update #1
They are super simple. Plug in through USB, and it will show up as another drive on your machine. You can store anything you can store on a regular hard drive.
2007-09-17 02:10:34 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An external Hdd is like an hdd which is not inside your computer but kept outside your cpu and connected with a usb cable.
It works similar to a hard drive.
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2007-09-17 09:11:49 · answer #2 · answered by ash 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes you get a power transformer so you need plug into mains & a cable to usb port then you can store pictures music & any other data you wish buy the biggest disk the funds will allow because we all tend to store.
picture files tend to be bigger now because the modern cameras use more pixels hope this helps
2007-09-17 09:54:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
External hard drive is also a hard drive (where you can save files such as music and pictures).
It does connect to the USB drive and you can access it through your My Computer wherein you can see another drive.
2007-09-17 09:09:59 · answer #4 · answered by Michael R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can plug them right into a USB port and you can use it just like the harddrive currently in your computer. Pictures, music, video, programs, whatever.
2007-09-17 09:09:29 · answer #5 · answered by dgxshiny 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, just plug it in through usb and it will pop up i"my computer). You can store all kinds of files on there. And more.
2007-09-17 09:08:39 · answer #6 · answered by bill goldberg 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hi,
you can be add more harddisks, buy a new 160GB or 80GB or 120GB hard disk and connect to the primary slave port
U can add 4 IDE devices 1 CDROM and 3 hard disks.
or USB is compare to IDE is costly ......
2007-09-17 09:12:14 · answer #7 · answered by Guru K 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they work like the normal usb flash , its plug n play
2007-09-17 09:20:26 · answer #8 · answered by el 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋