Matt L
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can you do this on any hd aslong as the program is saved on to it? or does it have to be a certain type of hd?
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a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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think this is what i am needing to stick itunes and all the misses songs on to try and free up space on my laptop
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Voyto
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Registered: 9th Feb 03
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Any. If you installing the program to the external drive, the quicker the better
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James_DT
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Originally posted by a_j_mair
think this is what i am needing to stick itunes and all the misses songs on to try and free up space on my laptop
Leave iTunes installed on the computer, and shift all the files on to an external drive. There wouldn't be any benefit from moving iTunes itself.
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Deadude
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depending on the program it should be fine would of thought itd be mainly things that rely on registry keys to run that wouldnt work.
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jamied
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I use external hdd on my home pc all the time. Can install anything to it as normal.
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ssj_kakarot
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you can install any program onto a harddrive, faster speed the better.
if your thinking of installing programs to it then running them on a different pc then you need portable versions of the program, if its just staying connected to one pc then it wont have any problems.
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Matt L
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main thing it would be used for would be on a netbook styled computer so need a hd to put stuff on with them have small memorys.
what would i do about the programs that require registery keys?
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willay
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the reg keys stay in the registry, all you are doing is changing the path where the programs/binaries are installed. You are really over complicating this 
BTW, the Samsung NC10 comes with a 160GB hdd which is enough for most.
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Matt L
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just looked at a few and the battery lifes are crap  so may need to find something else to keep me amused on the flight
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ssj_kakarot
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt L
just looked at a few and the battery lifes are crap so may need to find something else to keep me amused on the flight
you can get portable batteries from ebay quite cheap add another 2 hours ish to your netbook.
there designed for protable dvd players but work on a netbook also.
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