Again, not a tech person... Can I treat this like a second hard drive and download programs onto it (like photoshop) and run it from the drive?
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no!!! this is only a case there is nothing in it!!!! we were very mislead!!! bought this and then after numerous attempts to activate it with back and forth emails, we finally got a person and he let us know we only bought a shell!!! by then it was too late to return to amazon so we are stuck with it!! don't buy it
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You can install applications to the external hard drive. But you most likely run into issues. It is not recommended.
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I would say you can provided that you have ESATA (External serial ATA). I had problems booting and shutting down my computer when connected to a usb because when connected to a usb it tries to be the primary drive. Should work fine with esata. I run games and other program from my external drive.
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yes; but USB connection is slower than regular hard drive. However, if you use eSATA connection, it's speed is just like your internal drive.
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Only if you have SATA connections available to work with...otherwise find an IDE drive.
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Installing a game, Idk, but I do know from experience that it is not formated like a normal hard drive is, and will need someone with advanced programing experience for some features to work.
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Yes you can... It is a regular notebook, then you can install the software what you want.
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While I don't run another OS from it, I don't see why not? just hold down the "Option" key while booting and select it as the boot drive, but in truth I'd check with Apple's KB about running Boot Camp from an external drive.
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Backup your vital files, and do a clean install. Aka... boot from the server disc, format the drive, and use it as a server os, not a workstation. Installing over something is not really a viable path, in my humble opinion. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/install-configure-2.aspx
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You can certainly run applications from the drive. However it may not work to just move the applications to the new external drive. They may have to be installed on the new drive from scratch so that the registry knows where they are etc. Small .exe applications that don't use the registry can be run directly.
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I'm not sure. Perhaps you can just attach both drives and use windows to copy the files.
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I am also unsure about the bay for a second hard drive, but mine came with 1Tb, which to me is plenty. You will be able to install windows 7 or any OS for that matter. Worst case would be that you may have to download a driver or two, but I highly doubt that.
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I actually returned the unit as I wanted to clone more than one PC hard drive to it, but learned that it was not possible to do this. I have two big LaCie drives where I do exactly what you'd like to do. It works well. I can only assume (note assume) that that backup process can work with his drive. Richard Chay
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Sure. But if you are backing-up your OS, you should be doing that to a second physical internal hard drive.
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It's not a hard drive - just an enclosure. You would have to provide your own drive.
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U can use an external drive or install an internal hdd to your computer and use that. I only use my ssd for the operating system and programs everything else hdd.
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I just installed it in my daughter's Toshiba laptop last night with the same series of laptop you mention. Just don't lose the screws when you take the other hard drive out. I am assuming that you will clone the original to it. Or load an OS with it. Either way my daughter is up and running all day just fine!
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I would say Yes, but as soon as you have it installed be sure to format the drive. Also, be sure that you have ALL your files backed up, and get ready for a long process of updating the operating system, and your security software, only after that can you reinstall your programs and finally after that you can restore your files. I hope you have tremendous amount of patience. Good luck
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You can, but if you're still in the market for a computer I would just buy a different one that already has a drive.
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Yes, just be sure you do not install any programs on the drive or they may not run. If you are using the 2nd drive just for data it should be fine.