Add a USB2 card and get either a sata dock (you'll want to put a fan on it) or get a hotswap drive bay. On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 16:26, Michael Havens wrote: > One more thing.... I don't think I have USB 2.0 > > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> thanks, JD. Do you know the terms I need to enter into google to find >> what I'm looking for? What I want is an external housing for a single hard >> disk drive (maybe two) in which it is possible to swap out drives w/o >> unscrewing things. Maybe I would be better off getting a standard EHD? >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 3:56 PM, JD Austin wrote: >> >>> Some OS's don't boot well from an external drive but Linux does just >>> fine. >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 15:41, Michael Havens wrote: >>> >>>> I was just looking at my startup devices menu and the first in line is >>>> 'Removable devices.' Does an external hard drive not count for that? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>>> >>>>> hmmmm.... I just went into office max (the best thing we have for a >>>>> computer store in cottonwood) and the computer guy there said that you >>>>> can't boot off of an External hard Drive. Well, another option I have (if >>>>> that is true), is to copy the live CD onto the ED then to boot off of a >>>>> flash drive and on the FD tell it the information is on the ED. I know >>>>> this is possible because I had a linux friend doing something similar to >>>>> this. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm doing my research to find one of these online and I am unsure of >>>>>> the search terms. What exactly should I enter to find one in which I can >>>>>> insert and remove standard desktop hard drives? Would it be 5.25" enclosure >>>>>> or 3.5"? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> As you all know my hard drive is no more and all of my spares are >>>>>>> kaput as well. I was thinking that instead of an internal hard drive I >>>>>>> would get an external one. Then, I could always have my computer with me:!) >>>>>>> I have a NetVista computer. Do any of you know if I will have a problem >>>>>>> booting from an external hard drive? When I initialy boot and press F-12 >>>>>>> it goes into boot media order and says that removable media is in the boot >>>>>>> order so I suppose it's all good. What do you think? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >