Opening files from external USB hard drive

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Alexander Erlich

Hello,

whenever you open files from an external USB hard drive, are they
actually saved on the hard drive of the local computer? E.g. when you
open Word-files or MP3s, are they (temporarily) stored on the local
hard drive? Are they deleted, afterwards?

Thank you in advance.

Alexander Erlich
 
Alexander Erlich said:
whenever you open files from an external USB hard drive, are they
actually saved on the hard drive of the local computer? E.g. when you
open Word-files or MP3s, are they (temporarily) stored on the local
hard drive?
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That depends on the application being used. As for *.doc files opened
with MS Word, there will be temporary files created on the local drive.
Are they deleted, afterwards?
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That depends on the particular application and other circumstances.
If "Word" crashes for instance, the temp files will remain.
 
Alexander said:
Hello,

whenever you open files from an external USB hard drive, are they
actually saved on the hard drive of the local computer? E.g. when you
open Word-files or MP3s, are they (temporarily) stored on the local
hard drive? Are they deleted, afterwards?

Thank you in advance.

Alexander Erlich
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Temporary files are stored on whatever drive you opened the file in. The
part of the file you're working on is in memory.
 
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