external hd

[t1rider321]

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?

 

[Heb1228]

Yes.

 

[Shamus]

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.

 

[Artful Dodger]

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?

Just a Q, are you wanting to do this because you have a slower HDD now and want to bump up your speed? Or for Video editing?

 

[t1rider321]

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]

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]

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!