Since the introduction of external harddrives is there really a need to link two computers? Can linking Two computers be done with two different formats?
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it's a form of network, share files and information, makes backing up easier. Various formats can be linked together
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Connect Two Home Computers for File Sharing http://compnetworking.about.com/od/homenetworking/a/connecttwocomp.htm
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i thought it was unless until a few months ago when my pc got infected by a stupid worm. if u split ur hard drive, u can format one (the system hard drive) and then transfer everything into the other hard drive without having any of the things uve transfered gone. with only 1 hard drive, format the pc and all ur songs/videos/docs will be gone. \n\ni learnt that from the lab technician.
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There is no need for the external drive to be NTFS....NTFS recognises FAT32. You can back up from a computer which has a NTFS hard drive onto a FAT32 external hard drive (in an enclosure). The NTFS will see the FAT 32 Drive & you can drag & drop both ways.\nA Computer using FAT32 cannot recognise /backup to a NTFS external drive but NTFS can recognise & backup onto a FAT32 aswell as a NTFS external drive.\nThis is why you are having difficulty finding an NTFS external drive because FAT32 (unlike NTFS) is compatible for computers using either NTFS or FAT32 & is the best one to get.
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If you still have the other harddrive then I would reccomend that you make in the Master drive and the new drive the Slave.  This way you will not need to reinstall your office programs because they will be on your primary drive.
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There are 2 types of External HDD's.\n\nType one - 3.5 inch format that requires an external power supply.  These are great if you plan on connecting it to a DESKTOP (or Laptop) PC and you will never need to move it from your desk, or operate it away from a 110 outlet.  These are cheaper, bigger, heavier and have much larger storage capacities.\n\nType two - 2.5 inch format that usually is powered thru the USB cable - does not need the external power supply like the first type.  These will be much smaller and easier to bring over to a friends house to use on another computer or share files (MP3's) etc.  They are about the size of an Ipod and come in sizes up to 120GB.  These cost more per MB compared to the larger ones metioned earlier.\n\nHere is a good one with a $50.00 rebate! from newegg...\n\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136016\n\nGood Luck!
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Since your other PC does not even see the hard drive, you need to solve that problem before you can transfer files. \nTo me, the easiest way to transfer many, many files is to physically remove the hard drive from the one computer and install it as a slave into the target computer.  It should plug right into the second computer.  Connect the power and IDE cable into it, restart your machine (hopefuly the new computer will see it), then use Windows Explorer to transfer the files.
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yeah...just add an additional hard drive....either internal or external...then you can keep your existing hard drive with your current configuration on it....find an honest nerd to add it for you...the computer stores charge too much
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Can it be done.. Yes.. Recommended.. NO..\n\nI'm assuming Windows XP.  If you want to do this, the second drive can be assigned to a mount point so it appears to be part of the first drive.  For details read:\n\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/dm_modify_access_path.mspx?mfr=true
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Drives Compatible !\n\ni understand, u mean if hard-drive compatible 2 new pc / platform\n--- absolutely\nno problem at all in installing hard drive into other pc\n\nProblem 1 you will face is during bootup, cause info in BIOS is of earlier hard-drive. Just save changes and exit bios \nProblem 2 you will face is when windows is loading ... environment is totally different, so u allways get a message "new hardware found" , be prepared with Windows / OS install disk & you may need to install drivers \n\nMay take awhile, but once done , u r through ...\n- best of luck !
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Yes you can!!\n\nIDE and Sata channels both run completely separate interfaces and can work very well together.\n\nIf you're thinking of filling up with drives, I would recommend checking the output of the PC power supply.  Hard drives use quite a bit of power.\n\nAnother good tip for extra performance:  If you get 2 sata drives (same size) and use the sata raid 0 (zero) option, it will use both drives as one large volume.  It will also write data across both drives (striped) which means installed programs will run twice as \nfast - as it reads data from both drives at once.  Keep windows installed on the IDE drive, but move Windows paging file to the sata volume.  You will get an immediate and noticable performance boost with this option.\n\nHope this helps :)
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It really depends on how you are going to use your computer. If you need another hard drive, then you should partition it to have at least 10Gigs of memory. I would only do one partition unless I have a HUGE hard drive memory. The only good thing about having two hard drives is the fact you have the ability to install two Operating Systems on it.The RAMS will do the same amount of work as well as the processor, its up to you if you  really need another drive for personal use.
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There is no problem in using two different disks/drives/partitions having different file systems.  The data copied from one type of disk is copied in the other disk in the system in which the disk has been formatted.
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Run the networking wizard on both PCs. Make sure you use the same workgroup name on both systems. When done, you will need to enable file and print sharing on the systems to share documents or files. You will now see a sharing option in files and folders when you right click on them. You for instance can share the whole C drive if you desire!
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If you just need 2 PC to show the same data (i.e. files), have you considered File Sharing and Briefcase options in Windows?\nThey could work this out.
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It's not really a problem, this is often done when you want to have a machine dual boot, lets say... windows xp, and windows 98. Xp uses ntfs, and 98 uses Fat32.
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As long as you are going to all that trouble to put another drive on the new machine you might want to see what is on sale lately. I saw that Microcenter on the Internet has a 250 gig drive for $49 after rebates. Comes the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday) I expect a bunch more great sales. Keep an eye out for a biggie at a low price.