Internal HDD or an External one ??

[ashu888ashu888]

Guys,

I hv been planning to buy a HDD for my PC as my prev. Internal HDD ( a Seagate 160 GB SATA ) is out of space

But, I wana knw :

1.) If I get an Internal HDD and If i install another OS on the 2nd HDD (so as to hv a dual boot option), will all the partitions stil be visible and accessible (of the 2nd HDD) if I boot from the 1st HDD's OS ?? ( the 1st hdd as MASTER and the 2nd as SLAVE)

2.) If I get a External HDD, can i install OS on it and jus boot from it and use it (wen the internal HDD is not connected), will this hv any performance degradation (using it via a USB cable) as in playing games or accessing movies ??
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Cheers n e-peace...

[desiibond]

At any given time, you can see boot options of one HDD . You need to set the HDD to be the boot devide in BIOS and yes all the partitions will be visible and accessible.

There are few linux OS'es that boot through USB. Better get internal HDD. You now get 500gig HDD for 4k. Get techcom external casing along with it for some 500 bucks and use according to your needs.

[ashu888ashu888]

Ok, so that means an external HDD will mainly work as a big PENDRIVE ?? isint it ?? IF i store games on it and then connect it to my PC (along with the primary internal HDD acting as MASTER) using a USB cable,

will i be able to play games stored on the Ext. HDD ?? connected this way ??

[desiibond]

You should be able to install apps/games to this drive. To test it out, if you have a pen drive, install some tiny software and see if that works every time you reconnect the pendrive. If that works, games should also work but they will be slower on USB drive.

[ashu888ashu888]

^^

I see...

so that means..the Ext HDD is jus for storage purpose, and wenever i want to see any movie or any games.i will hv to transfer it to the master HDD (as the speed will be slower if i intend to play it from the ext HDD) .. isint it ??

[desiibond]

^^ Hmm. I told to test if you are able to install apps on it. If installing apps works, there is no need to just use it as storage and no need to move the app to internal HDD.

Test it out.

Sandisk U3 allows you to install apps on pendrive

[sam9s]

Originally Posted by ashu888ashu888

Guys,

I hv been planning to buy a HDD for my PC as my prev. Internal HDD ( a Seagate 160 GB SATA ) is out of space

But, I wana knw :

1.) If I get an Internal HDD and If i install another OS on the 2nd HDD (so as to hv a dual boot option), will all the partitions stil be visible and accessible (of the 2nd HDD) if I boot from the 1st HDD's OS ?? ( the 1st hdd as MASTER and the 2nd as SLAVE)

2.) If I get a External HDD, can i install OS on it and jus boot from it and use it (wen the internal HDD is not connected), will this hv any performance degradation (using it via a USB cable) as in playing games or accessing movies ??
______________________

Cheers n e-peace...

u can boot from ext HDD but you cannot "Officially" install windows on it. MS does not allow installing OS on to USB ext drives (there are still ways but complicated). And so you cannot make the drive "primary" as such. You can still use it to boot but you should have the OS on to your internal drive. Finally your transfer rate for ext HDD is no way near to internal, unless maybe you opt for esata or Firewire ext HDD. Most affordable external HDD only have USB 2.0 which practically comes no way near the internal data transfer.

Originally Posted by desiibond

^^ Hmm. I told to test if you are able to install apps on it. If installing apps works, there is no need to just use it as storage and no need to move the app to internal HDD.

Test it out.

Sandisk U3 allows you to install apps on pendrive

Yes you can install application on to external HDD, but most of them wont work if you plug the drive on to a different machine.....which is........kinds obvious as well....

[zorrotech2008]

Hey if u buy an internal HDD and use it with a casing as a big pen drive....... you surely will be able to install an OS
on it but d main problem being dat if u try to boot d OS dat is on ur Drive when u have connected via USB it will act as a bottle neck (480Mbps which is to slow)..hence ur OS will run very slowly ...nd it will aslo make all ur other programs work at snail s pace