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external hard drive& programs
Name: Rayski Date: September 13, 2006 at 09:06:26 Pacific OS: win XP CPU/Ram: AMD 2.8GZ Product: HPa320n
Comment:
I purchsased an external hard drive to make space on my computers hard drive. The question I have is this: can I install Photoshop and Elements( 2 very bloated programs) directly on my external hard drive? Will they work correctly or do they need to go to my main harddrive. i am not sure if there are files that need to be on my C:/ Drive to operate. I also want to move some of my game files to the extrenal drive also. Are there any problesm associted with doing this? Thanks in advance
Name: StuartS Date: September 13, 2006 at 09:16:14 Pacific
Reply:
There will be some files that have to be on the system drive, and with Photoshop quite a lot I should imagine.
Running an application from an external drive is going to be very slow. Even the fastest external drive is going to be a lot slower than an internal drive.
External drives are really designed as a portable mass storage device. They are not really designed as replacement for internal drives.
Stuart
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Response Number 2
Name: Rayski Date: September 13, 2006 at 11:22:41 Pacific
Summary: When I use my WD 1TB external hard drive with my computer (Connected through eSATA, USB or Firewire) the boot up times are much slower. It stays on the BOIS screen for minutes sometimes. It boots up f...
Summary: if you did it yourself format it in your computer b4 putting in the enclosure, if its a factory assembled unit try these instructions from WD's website The external hard drive should be recognized and...
Name: Rayski
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