and plug it in to a usb port? Absolutely! All you have to do is purchase an external enclosure that has a removable front panel (which most do, but check to be sure). Then, you'll install your CD drive into the external almost the same exact way you would install it in your PC. Plug [...]
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IS THIS A GOOD SYSTEM, OR OUTDATED BY TODAY'S STANDARDS?
I have this laptop my boyfriend left behind – he bought a new one. this one's about 2 years old. I'm trying to decide if its a keeper, or do I need to upgrade it in any area, or buy a new one and sell this one. I know a little about computers but am [...]
Can you use a tape drive on a desktop?
Ok this mite be a very stupid question but I'm not really that smart about computer. this mite be only for servers only but I think it mite be possible I have A Tandberg data LTO 3 Internal Tape drive. and I have a tape which comes 400/800 gigabytes I mean that's a lot of [...]
Can you install an operating system on an external hard drive?
Is it possible to install an operating system on an external hard drive I have a PC with a 3.5 External Drive Enclosure on it an would like to know if I stuck a hard drive in it would I be able to install windows on to it from my PC rather than the one [...]
Western Digital Internal HardDrive, or Seagate Internal Hardrive. Which one rules?
Which one rules and which one sucks? For the record… Seagate and Western Digital are now one and the same, just different brands of product like HP and Compaq. Both make good drives. I'm biased towards WD, but i'm sure that Seagate makes perfectly good drives as well. Hardware is hardware. its like everything intel [...]
Now that Blu-ray has won, does this mean we won't be able to use our regular DVD players/computer DVD drives?
Like lots of people, I have 2 computers (one brand new) with DVD drives, one portable DVD player and 4 regular DVD players. Will this all be obsolete now that Blu-ray is going to be the standard? is this going to cost us all a boatload of money? You can still get movies and such [...]
How to deal with autorun.inf?
I bought a USB flash drive stick. Since it is a removable media, I got interested in making my own autorun procedures. I have a nack of customizing my gadgets. I just want to know some techniques or codes that work with a removable read/write media. I wanted to see a small animation sequences whenever [...]
Will a business license for a service also permit me to sell goods?
I run a data recovery business and clients are encouraged to provide their own blank media for me to put their recovered files onto. But if a client doesn't provide their own blank media, I'll buy it myself and add the extra cost to the client's total price. Naturally I want to make a profit [...]
Of parralel port USB and SCSI which offer the best performance for tape drives?
I would suggest you use a SCSI Tape Drive. you will need to ensure that you have a free SCSI Controller that isn't being used by hard drives etc. if not you'll need to purchase one separately – try Adaptec. I can't tell you which is better but I work for a very reputable computer [...]
Is the clamshell cd cases good for putting your album in?
or should i do the standard jewel cases The clamshells are fine, I almost like them more since they take up less space and the jewel ones always crack and break. I like having the front booklets though, so I usually buy the jewels.
