external hard drive

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I've got a laptop and and desktop. My laptop is now primary. Dont
use desktop at all. Both XP. I would however like to use the old
desktop as just an external hard drive for the laptop. Is this
possible?
 
I've got a laptop and and desktop. My laptop is now primary. Dont
use desktop at all. Both XP. I would however like to use the old
desktop as just an external hard drive for the laptop. Is this
possible?
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You gotta be kidding.

Whatcha gonna do... get a USB extension cable and connect the two
computers via their USB connectors?
 
biffula said:
I've got a laptop and and desktop. My laptop is now primary. Dont
use desktop at all. Both XP. I would however like to use the old
desktop as just an external hard drive for the laptop. Is this
possible?
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No, not literally. You can't turn a computer into a hard drive.

However you can do either of two things:

1. Network the two computers together and share the desktop's drive so the
laptop can access it. If you do this, you have to keep an operating system
on the desktop.

2. Remove the desktop's drive, throw away give away or sell what's left of
the desktop, and mount the drive in an external USB enclosure that you plug
into the laptop, No operating system is required on the drive in that
situation.

Option 2 is *greatly* preferable, in my view.
 
You gotta be kidding.

Whatcha gonna do... get a USB extension cable and connect the two
computers via their USB connectors?
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I didnt post this to get smart ass responses from dolts like you. Yes
I would connect the two when using the old desk top. Why would you
have an issue with that? If thats all you had to offer, stay away.
 
Kind of bulky, isn't it? Puns aside - you can put the HD in an external
case.
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I'm not talking about carrying it around with me, just using it when
I'm at the desktop location.
 
biffula said:
I'm not talking about carrying it around with me, just using it when
I'm at the desktop location.
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A few weeks ago I picked up a USB2 external drive case at CompUSA for
$20 (actually, $19.99 plus sales tax) to hold a hard drive out of an old
computer. It's very easy thing to do (opening the old computer case was
actually the hardest part for me). It's a very cheap and easy way out of
your problem--much easier than rigging up a connection between two
machines--and portability is an added bonus in case you ever need it.

And--there are a very, very small number of smartasses in this ng
compared to most that I follow; you seem to have attracted one. That's
what killfiles are for. On the other hand, in the short time I've been
following the ng I've picked up many suggestions (mostly replies to
others) that have resulted in my machine running faster and better. I
wish I had found it a few years ago.

Allen
 
I didnt post this to get smart ass responses from dolts like you. Yes
I would connect the two when using the old desk top. Why would you
have an issue with that? I
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Because there's not way in hell that it will work.

I've never seen a dumber question asked. AS dumb, maybe, but not
dumber.
 
Uncle said:
Because there's not way in hell that it will work.

I've never seen a dumber question asked. AS dumb, maybe, but not
dumber.
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Check into a usb networking cable you dumb idiot.

Cheers.

--

"Computer users around the globe recognize that the most serious threats to
security exist because of inherent weaknesses in the Microsoft operating
system." McAfee

"Vista is finally secure from hacking. No one is going to 'hack' the product
activation and try and steal the o/s. Anyone smart enough to do so ... is
also smart enough not to want to bother." philo
 
Uncle said:
Because there's not way in hell that it will work.

I've never seen a dumber question asked. AS dumb, maybe, but not
dumber.
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Here's one you arrogant fart ...

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1270851

Now apologize to the OP, "uncle grumpy".

Cheers.


--

"Computer users around the globe recognize that the most serious threats to
security exist because of inherent weaknesses in the Microsoft operating
system." McAfee

"Vista is finally secure from hacking. No one is going to 'hack' the product
activation and try and steal the o/s. Anyone smart enough to do so ... is
also smart enough not to want to bother." philo
 
NoStop said:
Uncle Grumpy wrote:




Here's one you arrogant fart ...

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1270851

Now apologize to the OP, "uncle grumpy".

Cheers.
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If that clown (decency does not permit me to use a more accurate
description) were required to apologize to everyone he has treated that
way, he would have to hire someone to help him with it. Immediately
after I started reading this ng I knew that he was useless baggage and
put him in my killfile.
Allen
 
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