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Think of an external hard drive like a normal hard drive working outside your computer, they work very much in the same way. Normally (unless you are using a SCSI, PATA, or eSATA hard drive), they can be connected to your computer via a Firewire or USB connection. If you have a key-drive (aka USB memory stick), they work like a miniature external hard drive in the sense that they store date in an external format; an external hard drive is just like a large key-drive. With both a key-drive and an external hard drive, you simply connect it to your computer, and access its files. When you want to access your internal hard drive, you go to My Computer and then select the C: drive; The external hard drive is a similar process, you select it's icon (located either on the desktop or My Computer) and then you can access its files like a normal hard drive. You can drag files out of it onto your desktop, or alternatively, drag files into it to transfer files from your computer.
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How do you back up my hard drive?
You get another memory storage device, such as an external hard drive, and you copy everything on your hard drive onto the external hard drive, and keep it safe. That way, if your hard drive crashes, then you can take it out, and plug your external hard drive in, and work from that.
Can you use an external hard drive with any computer?
While external hard drives have the availability to work with multiple computers, it would be false to say every external hard drive works with every computer.
Is there any difference between saving your photos on an external drive as opposed to a USB flash drive?
A USB flash drive is a type of external drive. If you meant external drive as an external hard drive, then no, there won't be any difference in the pictures. However, if you're archiving, I'd suggest an external hard drive, because they work best for archiving.
What's the fastest type of external hard drive?
The fastest type of external hard drive would be a external 3.0 USB hard drive.
How do you make a seagate external hard drive work with xbox 360?
You cannot use a external hard drive on a Xbox 360 console without modding or formatting the hard drive to work on the console. I would not recommend doing this but if you are wanting to do this anyways, there are many tutorials on youtube.
How does an exterior hard drive work?
Think of an external hard drive like a normal hard drive working outside your computer, they work very much in the same way. Normally (unless you are using a SCSI hard drive), they can be connected to your computer via a Firewire or USB connection. If you have a key-drive(aka USB memory stick),they work like a miniature external hard drive in the sense that they store date in an external format; an external hard drive is just like a large key-drive. With both a keydrive and an external hard drive, you simply connect it to your computer, and access its files. When you want to access your internal hard drive, you go to MyComputer and then select the C: drive; The external hard drive is a similar process, you select it's icon (located either on the desktop or MyComputer) and then you can access its files like a normal hard drive. You can drag files out of it onto your desktop, or alternatively, drag files into it to transfer files from your computer.
What are the benefits of installing a internal hard drive on a computer?
without a hard drive your PC wouldn't work at all. so you must have a hard drive, whether its internal or external...
How do you completely clear your external hard drive?
You can completely clear your external hard drive by formatting it.
How do you copy your hard drive to an external hard drive?
---- # go to "my computer" # browse to your external hard drive # then open another "my computer" window # drag and drop the file(s) you want to the window displaying the external hard drive. ----
Would a western digital external hard drive work with a Toshiba that has Windows?
Yes
What is t in external hard drive?
The external hard drive is a great way of backing up your data.
Where can one get repair services for an external hard drive?
you can go to the service center of your external hard drive.
