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hard drive
I have an older (7 years) dimension 4300 whose hard drive just failed. I do not want to purchase a new computer as this is my sons and I want to buy him a laptop in one years as he will be going to college. My question is, can I purchase an externat hard drive (ie maxtor or such) and install windows on this to run the computer temporarily. If not is there any other option for me?
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shesagordie
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Posted July 16th, 2008 20:00
If the failed hard drive is the primary C:/ drive, you cannot replace it with an external hard drive, you would need to use another internal IDE/EIDE HD.
Bev.
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