re: Adding second computer as hard drive
Friday, July 13, 2007 at 9:49 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Kiwi
(2096 messages posted)
The USB port is connected to the computer, not to the hard drive inside the computer.
The answer is no, and wasn't really simple. Adding internal drives is pretty easy,
if you wanted to pull the old PC's drive out of it.
Each X86 computer starts out naming its primary drive's "DOS Partition" its C: drive,
but there is nothing really permanent about that, and you can mix and match drives
quite readily, without running into conflicts that you can't easily overcome.
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Kiwi
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On Friday, July 13, 2007 at 7:01 am, herb wrote:
>(Only slightly computer literate)
>
>I picked up an old 40gb computer with USB port.
>According to fdisk, the disk is functional and empty with no operating system. (They
>wiped it clean.)
>However, it only loads "C" Primary Partition.
>
>Now, the question:
>Is it possible, because of the USB port, to use this computer as an external hard
>drive, without dismantling the drive?
>(Or, is the USB port on a computer ONLY an input?)
>I want to use the old computer USB as an output, and input into my computer. Possible?
>
>Also, old computer only gives "C" Primary Partition, which would be a conflict with
>my own computer's "C" drive.
>
>If not possible, a simple "no" will suffice.
>Thank you for your time and patience.
>Herb
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