Portable Hdd Question

[Storm]

ive got a 120GB HDD "lying about", and was thinking of turning it into a portable HDD by building it into an external case.....

i would like to know if i can partition it into say 5 drives and XP still recognizing them all when i plug it in.......

[SingaBoiy]

Yes you can. Fdisk it and then partition with something like Partition Magic 8.

[Storm]

its allready partitioned and everything...... and if it wasnt id prolly do it through XP......... or is that a bad idea? i dont really see the use of PM unless you have data on the disks you wanna keep (or am i just being the ingnorant bastard here? :P)

[tesco]

Originally posted by Storm@2 July 2004 - 08:19
its allready partitioned and everything...... and if it wasnt id prolly do it through XP......... or is that a bad idea? i dont really see the use of PM unless you have data on the disks you wanna keep (or am i just being the ingnorant bastard here? :P)
no, your right.


how do you plan to connect the drive if it is external? gonna buy one of those USB casing things?

[Storm]

yeah, they're not to expensive, and building a HDD into one will give me a shitload of portable diskspace, relatively cheap (check the prices for memory sticks, you're nearly have to sell your soul to afford one with a lil space)