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[timhorton]

How much should I expect to pay for a 120GB portable HD?

Where is a good place to buy it?

tks

[spliff]

Cheap now...you can pick up a new one w/ enclosure for as little as 72,000.

http://search.danawa.com/dsearch.php?k1=120g

I have this one and it's great, slim and silent! 79,000 120g seagate hdd w/ leto enclosure and hard zippered case.

http://www.gmarket.co.kr/challenge/neo_goods/goods.asp?goodscode=115823475&GoodsSale=Y&jaehuid=200000698&service_id=pcdn

Buy it right online from Gmarket...

[Demophobe]

[eamo]

Could one put an OS onto a portable HDD, connect with USB, and have a computer boot-up from that?

Could I, in theory, just sit and any PC in the world and have it boot up with my own personal OS and files?

[SuperHero]

[mrsquirrel]

As long as you can setup the computer to boot off a USB device.

I have ran Linux off my USB HDD and Windows when I moved Linux to my main HDD.

Easy to do. A little slow but otherwise easy.

[ttompatz]

[pkang0202]

Make sure your OS is can recognize multiple hardware setups. Windows XP doesn't like it when you change your hardware settings. For instance, if you change your mainboard/processor from AMD to Intel, WinXP will have to be repaired or reinstalled.

[pharflung]

With the newer computers there is an option of booting from a USB device -- at least my new laptop does.

So you might be able to set up an OS to run with your computer off the hard drive.

But... Think about what happens when you take your hard drive out of one computer and put into another computer to use as the OS. Generally, what you get is a mess. The computer is going to to be looking for drivers for all the hardware. Maybe it will find them, maybe not. And that's just the beginning. So you may be able to get some work done with the machine, but it is unlikely it will work perfectly. I actually did this with Windows 98. I wouldn't try it with Windows XP or Vista. but there are other OSs, including Windows 2000 and Linux.

The same thing would happen, I assume, if you installed an OS on a hard drive with one machine and then plugged it into another.

Another problem you would have is setting up the caches. There is a VRAM, or virtual RAM, that operates off the hard drive. Normally, the computer would look for it on C drive. If it doesn't find it, and there isn't a ton of real RAM, the computer might lock up. Another problem is that the drive letters have a nasty habit of changing when you plug drives into the USB ports, making this more difficult to set up. And you need caches for your web browsers, and a variety of programs, like photo processors.

With 4 gb and up thumb drives, it sure is tempting to try loading an OS onto one, not to mention a hard drive.

If it works, be sure to let us know.

[spliff]

Is this HDD enclosure available in Korea? I checked the sites but have come up a big blank...

Ultra 3.5" Mini Portable USB 2.0 / Firewire External Hard Drive Enclosure



http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=31389&Sku=ULT31310