I have downloaded usic into my laptop & was advised to get an external hard drive. Any ideas?
917207
its better to have a backup on external hdd. I have 300GB ext hdd. Its easy to use and store. It will cost you like $70-$90.\n\nPS: Get a Internal HDD and an enclosure for it. Its cheaper that way.
958130
find a external hard dirve. copy the files to it and move to laptop.
1011981
Most external hard drives are just an internal ide drive with its own power supply. You should be able to remove the drive, set it as slave and install it in your PC. This is pretty simple. If the drive is still ok, you can then recover the data.
820110
you need a cd drive.  Get an External USB Drive.
1051982
get the external HDD connected then power ON the PC.Take the cursor ,&  just click start, then programs, click accessories, then click system tools, right there u will see Back up, click on it and follow the on-screen display!\n\nCheers!
759158
The only viable option besides copying to the hard drive is the Disc Stakka from Imation. See more info here: http://www.imation.com.au/products/disc_stakka/index.htm\nhttp://www.imation.com/products/disc_stakka/index.html\n\nAdded the U.S. link. My mistake.
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Right click on my computer --> click on manage and then go to disk management.\n\nFrom there tell me what you see with regards to the external USB 2 attached hard drive, does it show up in there, if so what does it say regarding the hard drive , does it have a filing system or anything or what ?\n\nIt may just be a case of having to assign a drive letter to it.\n\nThanks
487554
just plug it in through the USB and then the computer will detect it, then transfer ur files to it, do the same with other comp. to download ur stuff, a simple copy paste will work
1146794
i think you are on the right track with your idea of portable hard drive.that way you'll be protected from any repercussion from your work as it is on your device and not there's.as far as your question goes none to my knowledge.
884218
if you are using windows XP, it should automatically detect it and you should see it under my computer.  if you have a different version of Windows, then you might need to install the driver that came with the external hard drive.  in any case, try restarting the computer and that works sometimes too.
197936
You either hook it up to a USB port or Firewire port(IEEE 1394). Then you install the driver for it, and after you do that, you will find it (it will be name :C, :D, etc) in My Computer. They work the same way as a regular hard drive, but its connected to the computer in a different way. \n\nInfo on Hard Drives:\nhttp://computer.howstuffworks.com/hard-disk.htm
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You could always take out the hard drive and install it into your new computer as a slave drive, hopefully the drive isn't fried but if it isn't you will be able to explore the drive and drag any files wanted onto your new drive. \nIf the drive is in good condition, you can then reformat the drive and keep the drive as a slave for your new computer
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If you are using Windows XP, just plug it into a USB port on your computer, and Windows will pop up a little blurb that says FOUND NEW HARDWARE.\n\nIt will install the driver for the mem. stick, and you can just go to My Computer>Devices With Removeable Storage and click on it. Now you can drag and drop any files up 512mb onto it and unplug it by clicking on the Safely Remove Hardware green arrow in the bottom right corner of your screen in the notification area.
66498
Buy a USB cable.\nload the driver.
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The easiest way would be to take the hard drive out of the laptop and hook it up to another PC.  There's no need to buy anything extra if you've got an extra bay available.  \n\nHere's a good tutorial for it:\nhttp://www.ehow.com/how_6030_install-second-hard.html\n\nWhen you're done copying, just unhook it from the data cables and power supply.  That's it.
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If you are on a very tight budget, then get an internal 3.5 inch hard disk drive IDE or ATA will be adequate.  Buy the enclosure, separately.  You will be able to save a lot of money and you will be able to get a bigger hard disk drive.\n\nIf money is no object and dont want the hassle of putting everything together then buy a retail external hard disk drive.  However, the capacity of the hard disk will be relatively low when compared to the price.\n\nThe main difference is that a retail ready drive comes pre-configured with software and is truly plug and play.  If you open it up, you are not going to see anything different.\n\nPutting together and setting it up is easy.  A little patience is all that is required.  I have three external hard disks.  I managed to get some bargains online.  Saved a bundle.\n\nI have written a couple of guides on this, it may prove to be useful.  See below
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you need a 2.5in hard drive convertor.  It takes a laptop hdd and lets you connect it to a 40pin hdd controller in a regular comptuter.  Places to get the product below....