Problem with external USB drives is that you may not be able to boot from them That implies you could have trouble restoring a system if it will not boot from the hard drive, and you do not have a floppy, or CD type means of booting it, that includes the drivers to access the USB drive.
JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Bird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 3:02 PM Subject: Re: Hardware: Sony external CD/DVD burner > On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 09:39:08 -0500, Carl Houseman wrote: > > >The DVD drive description you posted is not for an external drive. > >You either need to buy one that is described with the words "external" and > >"USB", or you will need to purchase an empty external USB case into which > >you will mount the drive you posted about. > > I was looking at a Staples Canada web site http://tinyurl.com/8z946 . The > accompanying photo and descriptor says "external" thus my question. > > However, when I travelled to the Sony web site http://tinyurl.com/cxxs5 I found > more information: "Dual Interfaces -- Connect via USB 2.0 or i.LINK > (FireWire/IEEE1394 compatible). Includes 4pin and 6pin i.LINK ports" > > It looks like this is an external drive with USB 2 capability. :-) > -- > cheers, Stephen > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: > CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required. > > -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
