Head over to Fry's. They have USB 2 and 3 add on cards. USB 3 is backwards compatible with USB 2. On 11/19/2011 16:26, Michael Havens wrote: > One more thing.... I don't think I have USB 2.0 > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Michael Havens > wrote: > > thanks, JD. Do you know the terms I need to enter into google to > find what I'm looking for? What I want is an external housing for > a single hard disk drive (maybe two) in which it is possible to > swap out drives w/o unscrewing things. Maybe I would be better off > getting a standard EHD? > > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 3:56 PM, JD Austin > wrote: > > Some OS's don't boot well from an external drive but Linux > does just fine. > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 15:41, Michael Havens > > wrote: > > I was just looking at my startup devices menu and the > first in line is 'Removable devices.' Does an external > hard drive not count for that? > > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Michael Havens > > wrote: > > hmmmm.... I just went into office max (the best thing > we have for a computer store in cottonwood) and the > computer guy there said that you can't boot off of an > External hard Drive. Well, another option I have (if > that is true), is to copy the live CD onto the ED then > to boot off of a flash drive and on the FD tell it > the information is on the ED. I know this is possible > because I had a linux friend doing something similar > to this. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? > > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Michael Havens > > wrote: > > I'm doing my research to find one of these online > and I am unsure of the search terms. What exactly > should I enter to find one in which I can insert > and remove standard desktop hard drives? Would it > be 5.25" enclosure or 3.5"? > > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Michael Havens > > wrote: > > As you all know my hard drive is no more and > all of my spares are kaput as well. I was > thinking that instead of an internal hard > drive I would get an external one. Then, I > could always have my computer with me:!) I > have a NetVista computer. Do any of you know > if I will have a problem booting from an > external hard drive? When I initialy boot and > press F-12 it goes into boot media order and > says that removable media is in the boot order > so I suppose it's all good. What do you think? > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss