On 3/5/2011 12:22 PM, Gail Miller wrote:
Hi...I have a large external HDD connected to my desktop computer by a
USB cable. I would like to use some of the data on the HDD on my Laptop.
Can it be as simple as moving the USB cable from one machine to the
other or am I missing something major here?
If it works that easily, I can envision storing my photos and music on
the HDD for use on both of my computers.
Yup. It really *is* just that easy.
The OS on the laptop will assign the drive it's own drive letter. One
thing though, Autoplay will try to figure out what's on the drive, and
probably ask you what you want to do. I've always found "Take No Action"
to be the most appealing option. But that may just be me.
If you're using iTunes, you can move the library file to the external
drive, and use it on both machines. Topic for another thread.
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