external hard drive

[Michael Havens]

So then Removable Devices does not automaticly say USB? Even though there
is specificly  a CD Rom option? Hmmmmmm....

On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> mobo is IDE.... I'm stuck in the 90s! I use peoples refuse computers. I
> got a free computer from one pugger and a free monitor from another. I'm
> what you call a 'sorry S.O.B. But I'm laughing about it all the time. Not
> really but I need to krrp my chin up somehow!
>
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> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>wrote:
>
>> Yes, be sure you bios allow for booting from USB.
>>
>> All in all, I would not get an external USB hard drive.  The bus speed is
>> important, doncha think?
>>
>> USB is not fast!
>>
>> Just go get a SATA drive?  Order one online.  But first be sure you have
>> a SATA capable mobo?
>>
>> JD is right, the USB2 card or sata dock would be required.
>>
>> How about a SSD drive?  They are quite a bit faster?  (Internal)?
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 4:39 PM, JD Austin <jd at twingeckos.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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 <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> One more thing.... I don't think I have USB 2.0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>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 <jd at twingeckos.com> 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 <bmike1 at gmail.com>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 <bmike1 at gmail.com>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 <bmike1 at gmail.com>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 <bmike1 at gmail.com>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?
>>>>>>>>>>
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