Guest Angrycole Report post Posted October 24, 2004 I am thinking of getting an external hard drive for my computer because I download alot of stuff and I dont want to be taking up all the space on my primary hard drive. I have a few questions. Would I be able to save files directly from soulseek to this hard drive? Could I play songs from it on my computer speakers? If anyone has one, what kind is it and do you like having it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Flyboy Report post Posted October 24, 2004 My uncle recently got one and the answer is "yes" to your first two questions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IllustriousOne 0 Report post Posted October 25, 2004 Yes to your first 2 questions. I've got an 80gb MaxtorLE external harddrive and it's absolutely the most useful piece of hardware I own for the computer. Whenever I decide to reformat, I just save all my crap in it and it's there when I'm ready for it. Totally worth the money. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
areacode212 0 Report post Posted October 25, 2004 If you want to save some $$, I say go with an external USB/Firewire enclosure kit and an internal HD. As the name implies, the enclosure is basically a box with a power supply, an IDE cable, and a USB/Firewire cable to connect to your computer. Just buy an internal hard drive, plug it into the enclosure, and voila--you have an external hard drive. Plus, you can easily swap out hard drives, or use the enclosure to house CD/DVD drives. That's what I use--I have one HD for system backup and one for my, um, picture/movie collection, and I just swap them in & out as needed (usually it's the second one that stays in). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JJMc 0 Report post Posted October 29, 2004 If you want to save some $$, I say go with an external USB/Firewire enclosure kit and an internal HD. As the name implies, the enclosure is basically a box with a power supply, an IDE cable, and a USB/Firewire cable to connect to your computer. Just buy an internal hard drive, plug it into the enclosure, and voila--you have an external hard drive. Plus, you can easily swap out hard drives, or use the enclosure to house CD/DVD drives. That's what I use--I have one HD for system backup and one for my, um, picture/movie collection, and I just swap them in & out as needed (usually it's the second one that stays in). Definitely a good idea. I'm gonna go this route for capturing video on my Mac. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
