2007-12-26 04:26:57 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
yes.
2007-12-26 04:28:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean is there a two way split cable which goes from your external drive into two wires (one hooked to one system and the other hooked to another) with a switch to change which system it will slave for?
If so then yes there is. Look for a SATA split connection cable (IF the drive is ata)
2007-12-26 12:31:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, external means that it is outside of something. In this case, a computer. So it can be moved.
2007-12-26 12:30:06 · answer #3 · answered by The Guru 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes you can, however you must remember that the software program you want to open with the other computer, also has to be on the computer you transfer the information from, i.e. If you use MSWord on the one system, you have to have MSWord on the other system in order to read the data files.
2007-12-26 12:32:47 · answer #4 · answered by David T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The simple answer is: Yes, that's exactly what they were designed for. USB2 and / or FireWire are the only minimum requirements, based on your OS.
The NOT so simple answer is: It depends on what file system was used to format the external hard drive: FAT32, NTFS or EXT3, etc.
FAT32 is fairly universal, NTFS is XP / Vista specific and EXT3 is Linux / OS X specific.
So, choose wisely and you should be fine.
2007-12-26 12:40:11 · answer #5 · answered by ELfaGeek 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's EXTERNAL right? So external to the computer, hence can be connected or moved to any computer or laptop.
Good luck and have fun.
2007-12-26 12:35:18 · answer #6 · answered by Gooogled 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes. I always transfer files from one computer to another with an external hardrive. It always work better if both computers are the same kind (MAC or PC).
2007-12-26 12:30:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, its external, meaning you can plug it in to any computer.
2007-12-26 12:29:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depending on the type you can create a network storage device so that all of your computers can access it. Also, you can share it out to all of your networked computers and just store it on one, still giving access to it from your other computers. You just have to set up a workgroup.
2007-12-26 12:31:38 · answer #9 · answered by Juice 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure can. But if you installed a program on it.. it will not run properly on the second computer. Files stored on it will be readable as normal.
2007-12-26 12:28:58 · answer #10 · answered by dahopdawg 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yea just unplug it from one computer and plug it into the other.
You will have to reinstall the software.
If your software is liscensed for only one computer you may have a problem....
2007-12-26 12:29:56 · answer #11 · answered by Stop the Stupidity 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋