http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: external vs. internal hard drive en Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:28:10 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-vs-internal-hard-drive/page/2#post-18759 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:09:14 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 18759@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>actually i am a video editor </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-vs-internal-hard-drive/page/2#post-18751 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:02:05 +0000 whs 18751@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>That's a good chunk. You will have a hard time filling it unless you store videos (which would be good candidates for the external) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-vs-internal-hard-drive/page/2#post-18749 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:59:54 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 18749@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>160gb </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-vs-internal-hard-drive/page/2#post-18742 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:55:32 +0000 whs 18742@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>How big is your C:? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-vs-internal-hard-drive/page/2#post-18740 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:53:10 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 18740@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>well i usually install things that pertain to security or bigger apps that i don't think will run too great on the external (adobe products bloat ware) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-vs-internal-hard-drive/page/2#post-18532 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:16:22 +0000 whs 18532@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Then what do you do with all that space on your C:? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-vs-internal-hard-drive#post-18518 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:11:38 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 18518@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>ya i guess that i just like to keep my main hard drive less filled with programs </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-vs-internal-hard-drive#post-18516 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:08:35 +0000 Budohorseman 18516@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Jack, it is just typical to run the programs from internal drives and use external ones for storage (pics, docs, video, backups etc). About the only time most people put a program on an external drive is if they need to be able to run it on multiple pc's but don't want to install it on the other pc. I run my poker programs from my external drive, that way when I'm out on business I can just bring that external drive along and play my games without having to install the programs on my employers laptop (I doubt that they would approve of that ;-) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-vs-internal-hard-drive#post-18513 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:57:47 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 18513@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>just thought you meant odd as in file placement or something along those lines </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-vs-internal-hard-drive#post-18512 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:56:42 +0000 whs 18512@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>jack, by "odd" I mean that this not something one typically does. But it's ok - this is a free country. If you like this setup, nothing wrong with it. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-vs-internal-hard-drive#post-18504 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:39:20 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 18504@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>why would it be odd i just created a programs folder like the one on the c: and every thing still loads in the start menu just fine so they are basicly the same </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-vs-internal-hard-drive#post-18502 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:35:57 +0000 whs 18502@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>jack, I second Budohorseman. If you are happy running programs from the external, it's ok. Just a little odd. No big deal. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-vs-internal-hard-drive#post-18501 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:35:19 +0000 Lighthouse 18501@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Nice explice monsieur </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-vs-internal-hard-drive#post-18499 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:35:02 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 18499@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>ok i get it now thx for everyones input </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-vs-internal-hard-drive#post-18494 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:30:48 +0000 Budohorseman 18494@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>There's nothing wrong with it, you just typically have better speeds running programs from the C drive and use the external for storage. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-vs-internal-hard-drive#post-18492 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:27:36 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 18492@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>ok. but what is wrong with running things from the external drive? i haven't had any problems </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-vs-internal-hard-drive#post-18487 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:20:54 +0000 whs 18487@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>jack, I would not run programs off an external drive. Rather put bulky data there (e.g. Videos, Music, data backups) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-vs-internal-hard-drive#post-18483 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:14:21 +0000 Lighthouse 18483@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Run everything from the internal drive<br /> I run a ton of programs from the C: drive (which is only 30Gb) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-vs-internal-hard-drive#post-18480 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:08:21 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 18480@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>so is it usually a good idea to just run things from the normal drive (games, bigger programs) and just run smaller ones from the external? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-vs-internal-hard-drive#post-18455 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:27:59 +0000 Lighthouse 18455@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Exactly.<br /> Ooops just re-read the OP </p>