External Hard Drive

Daniellei · 03-12-2005, 07:03 PM

Long story short:
I don't have my own computer any longer but I have access to one that has 98SE on it.
So I thought I would buy an external HD and use there usb 2.0 ports and load my XP on to my HD and I could still have everything seperate from them and do my own thing without affecting anyone.

Problem:
I have never used an external and I was wondering if I should be able to hook it up to the 2.0 and then install XP and then the necessary drivers and be up and running.

I have slaved an internal once before and thought that it may be similar to that experience.
Such as picking what drive to boot from.

Would this or should this work much like an internal HD slaved or will there be other things that I will need to do.?

I found an external and here are the details:

90.00 dollars:

Fantom 80GB Portable USB2.0 External Hard Drive, Model TFDU8072, Retail

Specifications:
Capacity: 80GB
Average Seek Time: 8.5 ms
Buffer: 2MB
Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM
Interface: USB 2.0
Features: Horizontal or Vertical Placement, Sturdy Aluminum Enclosure, Fanless Design for silent operation.
Warranty: 1 year

Thanks for all of your help or comments in advance.

please help I need the PC privacy that I once had

kof2000 · 03-12-2005, 07:59 PM

it will not run on an external hdd, i tried that it seems to work and then error. I CAN however run an EXTERNAL sata hdd running xp LOL since the connection is stil technically internal with the SATA enclosure.

03-12-2005, 07:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
Daniellei New Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Winston Salem NC Age: 33 Posts: 1	External Hard Drive Long story short: I don't have my own computer any longer but I have access to one that has 98SE on it. So I thought I would buy an external HD and use there usb 2.0 ports and load my XP on to my HD and I could still have everything seperate from them and do my own thing without affecting anyone. Problem: I have never used an external and I was wondering if I should be able to hook it up to the 2.0 and then install XP and then the necessary drivers and be up and running. I have slaved an internal once before and thought that it may be similar to that experience. Such as picking what drive to boot from. Would this or should this work much like an internal HD slaved or will there be other things that I will need to do.? I found an external and here are the details: 90.00 dollars: Fantom 80GB Portable USB2.0 External Hard Drive, Model TFDU8072, Retail Specifications: Capacity: 80GB Average Seek Time: 8.5 ms Buffer: 2MB Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM Interface: USB 2.0 Features: Horizontal or Vertical Placement, Sturdy Aluminum Enclosure, Fanless Design for silent operation. Warranty: 1 year Thanks for all of your help or comments in advance. please help I need the PC privacy that I once had

03-12-2005, 07:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
kof2000 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oahu Age: 27 Posts: 6,273	it will not run on an external hdd, i tried that it seems to work and then error. I CAN however run an EXTERNAL sata hdd running xp LOL since the connection is stil technically internal with the SATA enclosure. __________________ QX9650@4.2 swiftech \|9600@3.0 9700 nt 780i \| 790fx 8gb ddr1200 \| 8gb ddr1200 2x150gb 3x1tb \|2x250gb 3x8800gtx \|3x2900xt 1gb 2x20xdvdrw \|2x20xdvdrw 15in1 card reader \|15in1 card reader ng15/g9 \|ng15/g9 1200w psu \|1200w psu 2x28" LCD \|2x28" LCD

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