buying external hardrive.
You should first see how much space you’re wasting. Under Computer, right click your drive and choose disk cleanup, then run through it. Look in the %temp% and c:\windows\temp\ folders. You can also disable restore points and hibernate.
Are they any differences playing from an external drive i should be aware off?
If it’s an older computer, you probably don’t have USB3 ports, so an external drive is going to be a lot slower to load things. Longer loading screens and invisible stuff that hasn’t loaded yet that pops up seconds later for example.
You should first see how much space you’re wasting. Under Computer, right click your drive and choose disk cleanup, then run through it. Look in the %temp% and c:\windows\temp\ folders. You can also disable restore points and hibernate.
Are they any differences playing from an external drive i should be aware off?
If it’s an older computer, you probably don’t have USB3 ports, so an external drive is going to be a lot slower to load things. Longer loading screens and invisible stuff that hasn’t loaded yet that pops up seconds later for example.
just checked and cleaned the unnesisary stuff. still 33 gb the computer says. it it also possible to buy usb3 ports?
it it also possible to buy usb3 ports?
It can be done by adding a PCI Express card, assuming you have a slot.
it it also possible to buy usb3 ports?
It can be done by adding a PCI Express card, assuming you have a slot.
where should i look on my computer (HP Pavilion 2054 sd) to see if there is a slot for the pci express card?
where should i look on my computer (HP Pavilion 2054 sd) to see if there is a slot for the pci express card?
Find your computer’s specifications (https://support.hp.com). If it happens to be the g7-2054sd notebook, it already has USB3 ports. USB3 ports are generally blue or labeled with USB3 or the SS USB logo. You can also look for the extra pins in the back of a USB3 port.
If that wasn’t your computer, but your computer is a laptop, USB3 can only be added to laptops with a USB3 ExpressCard, which requires an open expansion slot. If you have one, it should be visible on the side and is roughly the size of a few credit cards stacked on top of each other. Without that slot, it’s not possible to add one to a laptop.
If your computer isn’t a laptop, the PCI Express slot is found on the motherboard, which requires opening the case. Simply lookup the specifications to find out.
While you’re at it, look for a eSATA or eSATA+ port. It’s basically an external version of how you would connect a drive internally.
