Hi Chris,
I would not rely on an external hard drive for constandt use.
They are great for backing up, but most are really not designed for constant
use.
Most external drives are not properly cooled for contineous use,
not to mention the fact that the data transfer will be slower over USB, as
opposed to IDE.
HTH,
Richard Q. Justice-website owner
www.blind-computing.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Hallsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 11:20 AM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Thoughts on External Hard Drive
Hi all, I've just ordered a Trekstor 160 GB external hard drive from
www.dabs.com. I had an idea on how to use it, but I'd like your thoughts
on this please. I'd like to run all my software, except Windows and
associated programmes, on the drive. What will it be like in terms of
stability, reliability, etc, because I hear that if you install and run
software on an external hard drive, Windows won't have to use so much
virtual memory and nor will it need to access the internal hard drive
much, hence the perhaps increased stability and reliability. I'm not
saying my Vista laptop isn't stable nor reliable; it's completely the
opposite, but thought maybe I could increase the performance and decrease
the hard drive thrashing by doing what I plan to do. All my data will be
backed up to this drive as well. Thanks in advance for any comments
regarding this.
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