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t1rider321

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May 8, 2005
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im getting a lacie 250g external firewire drive for my mine, can i run my whole os off of it and not use the internal drive at all?
 

Shamus

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Feb 26, 2006
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the computer will recognise it as a standard internal HDD, meaning you can put whatever files and do exactly the same things with it as a normal, internal HDD. :)
 

t1rider321

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May 8, 2005
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Artful Dodger said:
Just a Q, are you wanting to do this because you have a slower HDD now and want to bump up your speed?
yes, i have a mini would me getting a 7200 rpm connected by a firewire show improovement or will the firewire connection slow it down
 

PlaceofDis

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Jan 6, 2004
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t1rider321 said:
yes, i have a mini would me getting a 7200 rpm connected by a firewire show improovement or will the firewire connection slow it down

in my personal experience, its about equal. but give it a go and see how it works for you.
 

darioc

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Mar 17, 2006
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is this the case w/ all external HDs? i have an acomdata 180G external HD. will it do the same? do you have any handy links that explain this more? thanks in advance!
 
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