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General Tech => Hardware => Topic started by: vforvv on December 12, 2015, 12:23:37 PM

Title: Need help about hard drive
Post by: vforvv on December 12, 2015, 12:23:37 PM: Its possible if i use external hdd for install any os without internal hard drive? Thanks. ;)
Title: Re: Need help about hard drive
Post by: Kulverstukas on December 12, 2015, 12:30:05 PM: I guess it's possible, but to boot your BIOS must support USB boot option. If you are planning on using that as your primary OS for some reason, then it'll be slow as fuck.
Title: Re: Need help about hard drive
Post by: proxx on December 12, 2015, 02:02:29 PM: Quote from: Kulverstukas on December 12, 2015, 12:30:05 PM
I guess it's possible, but to boot your BIOS must support USB boot option. If you are planning on using that as your primary OS for some reason, then it'll be slow as fuck.
On a proper USB 3.0 flash drive I think it will be quite acceptable when it comes to speed.
Title: Re: Need help about hard drive
Post by: Kulverstukas on December 12, 2015, 03:37:35 PM: Quote from: proxx on December 12, 2015, 02:02:29 PM
On a proper USB 3.0 flash drive I think it will be quite acceptable when it comes to speed.
The system needs to able to support USB3 and even then it's nothing compared to SATA.
Title: Re: Need help about hard drive
Post by: white-knight on December 12, 2015, 05:15:03 PM: Quote from: vforvv on December 12, 2015, 12:23:37 PM
Its possible if i use external hdd for install any os without internal hard drive? Thanks. ;)

Yes it will work . I use to run my kali from an external drive . I didn't notice any speed issues but i wasn't doing much to push it
Title: Re: Need help about hard drive
Post by: evolut1o on December 18, 2015, 07:30:09 AM: Here are a tutorial showing how to do this http://bootableusb.net/make-bootable-external-hdd-install-windows-78/
Title: Re: Need help about hard drive
Post by: vforvv on December 19, 2015, 02:24:51 AM: Quote from: Kulverstukas on December 12, 2015, 12:30:05 PM
I guess it's possible, but to boot your BIOS must support USB boot option. If you are planning on using that as your primary OS for some reason, then it'll be slow as fuck.

But I do not use internal hard drive still possible?
Title: Re: Need help about hard drive
Post by: proxx on December 19, 2015, 06:23:24 PM: Quote from: vforvv on December 19, 2015, 02:24:51 AM
But I do not use internal hard drive still possible?
Possible and a bad idea, forget about this for now.
Title: Re: Need help about hard drive
Post by: dec on January 01, 2016, 09:42:00 PM: I have a home backup server which backs up about 5 computers mac and windows hourly. I use a USB2.0 flash drive for the freenas OS and speeds are fine. For windows or Linux as a main computer, I would recommend at least USB3.0 or an internal drive. USB2.0 or a dvd is too slow to smooth usage in my experience.