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| Thread ID: 111594 | 2010-08-03 06:06:00 | can i use 2 external hard drives on one pc ? | marlinz (1905) | Press F1 |
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| 1124225 | 2010-08-03 06:06:00 | I have a fairly old computer running XP , it only has usb ports .At present i have a 320 GB My Book ,which is nearly full i would like to upgrade to a larger volume external drive , my question is " If i buy a 1TB My book or similar can i run the two together on the same machine at the same time ? " I look forward to your suggestions :clap |
marlinz (1905) | ||
| 1124226 | 2010-08-03 06:32:00 | yes. Both would appear in my computer right? | utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 1124227 | 2010-08-03 06:34:00 | Yes, both would work and both will appear in My Computer (as long as Windows can read the filesystem on them) I do believe you can have as many drives as there are letters of the alphabet. After that, I'm not sure. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1124228 | 2010-08-03 06:41:00 | Yes, both would work and both will appear in My Computer (as long as Windows can read the filesystem on them) I do believe you can have as many drives as there are letters of the alphabet. After that, I'm not sure. You can have well beyond that because you can mount a volume in an empty folder, how many empty folders can you make? I'm sure you'd get bored eventually... |
Deimos (5715) | ||
| 1124229 | 2010-08-03 11:46:00 | You can have well beyond that because you can mount a volume in an empty folder, how many empty folders can you make? I'm sure you'd get bored eventually... Guess I forgot about that one... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1124230 | 2010-08-04 05:17:00 | If memory is correct you can have up to 127 devices per usb port... | powerover (12121) | ||
| 1124231 | 2010-08-04 05:18:00 | Wonder how slow that would be on simultaneous access! | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1124232 | 2010-08-05 22:00:00 | thanks for the advice everyone , i will now make the purchase of a bigger external hard drive | marlinz (1905) | ||
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