±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: cgsimpson
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6645

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 819
Total: 819
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Community Forums
02: Community Forums
03: Community Forums
04: Home
05: Community Forums
06: Community Forums
07: Community Forums
08: Community Forums
09: Community Forums
10: Community Forums
11: Home
12: Community Forums
13: Photo Gallery
14: Photo Gallery
15: Member Screenshots
16: Photo Gallery
17: Photo Gallery
18: Photo Gallery
19: Community Forums
20: Community Forums
21: Home
22: Community Forums
23: Photo Gallery
24: Community Forums
25: Community Forums
26: CPGlang
27: CPGlang
28: CPGlang
29: Home
30: Community Forums
31: Photo Gallery
32: Community Forums
33: Community Forums
34: News
35: Photo Gallery
36: CPGlang
37: Community Forums
38: Community Forums
39: Home
40: Downloads
41: Community Forums
42: Photo Gallery
43: CPGlang
44: News
45: Community Forums
46: Home
47: Member Screenshots
48: Community Forums
49: Community Forums
50: Community Forums
51: Community Forums
52: Supporters
53: Community Forums
54: Community Forums
55: Community Forums
56: Community Forums
57: CPGlang
58: Community Forums
59: Community Forums
60: Home
61: Home
62: Photo Gallery
63: Community Forums
64: Community Forums
65: Community Forums
66: CPGlang
67: Downloads
68: Community Forums
69: Community Forums
70: Community Forums
71: Home
72: Community Forums
73: CPGlang
74: Community Forums
75: Downloads
76: Community Forums
77: Home
78: Home
79: Home
80: Your Account
81: Member Screenshots
82: Community Forums
83: CPGlang
84: Community Forums
85: Community Forums
86: Community Forums
87: Home
88: Photo Gallery
89: Community Forums
90: Community Forums
91: Community Forums
92: Community Forums
93: Community Forums
94: Community Forums
95: Photo Gallery
96: Community Forums
97: Community Forums
98: Member Screenshots
99: Photo Gallery
100: CPGlang
101: Community Forums
102: CPGlang
103: Community Forums
104: News Archive
105: Community Forums
106: Community Forums
107: CPGlang
108: Community Forums
109: Downloads
110: Downloads
111: Photo Gallery
112: Community Forums
113: Community Forums
114: Community Forums
115: Community Forums
116: CPGlang
117: Home
118: CPGlang
119: Community Forums
120: Photo Gallery
121: Home
122: Community Forums
123: Community Forums
124: Your Account
125: Community Forums
126: Community Forums
127: Community Forums
128: Home
129: Community Forums
130: Community Forums
131: Community Forums
132: Member Screenshots
133: Community Forums
134: Community Forums
135: CPGlang
136: Community Forums
137: CPGlang
138: Community Forums
139: Home
140: Community Forums
141: CPGlang
142: Community Forums
143: Community Forums
144: Community Forums
145: Community Forums
146: Home
147: CPGlang
148: Photo Gallery
149: Photo Gallery
150: Community Forums
151: Community Forums
152: CPGlang
153: Community Forums
154: Photo Gallery
155: Downloads
156: CPGlang
157: Community Forums
158: Home
159: Home
160: CPGlang
161: Community Forums
162: Photo Gallery
163: Member Screenshots
164: Community Forums
165: Community Forums
166: Community Forums
167: Downloads
168: CPGlang
169: Community Forums
170: Community Forums
171: Community Forums
172: Community Forums
173: Community Forums
174: Home
175: CPGlang
176: Statistics
177: Home
178: Member Screenshots
179: Photo Gallery
180: Community Forums
181: Community Forums
182: CPGlang
183: Community Forums
184: Community Forums
185: Home
186: Community Forums
187: Community Forums
188: CPGlang
189: Community Forums
190: Community Forums
191: Community Forums
192: Community Forums
193: Community Forums
194: Photo Gallery
195: Home
196: Photo Gallery
197: Community Forums
198: Community Forums
199: Community Forums
200: CPGlang
201: Community Forums
202: CPGlang
203: CPGlang
204: Photo Gallery
205: Home
206: Home
207: CPGlang
208: Member Screenshots
209: Community Forums
210: Photo Gallery
211: Community Forums
212: Downloads
213: Community Forums
214: Community Forums
215: Photo Gallery
216: Home
217: Home
218: Community Forums
219: Photo Gallery
220: CPGlang
221: Photo Gallery
222: Home
223: Community Forums
224: CPGlang
225: Home
226: Photo Gallery
227: Home
228: Community Forums
229: Community Forums
230: Community Forums
231: Community Forums
232: CPGlang
233: Community Forums
234: Your Account
235: Community Forums
236: Community Forums
237: Member Screenshots
238: Community Forums
239: Community Forums
240: Community Forums
241: Home
242: Home
243: Community Forums
244: Photo Gallery
245: Community Forums
246: Community Forums
247: Community Forums
248: Community Forums
249: Photo Gallery
250: Home
251: Community Forums
252: Home
253: Community Forums
254: Community Forums
255: Community Forums
256: Community Forums
257: Community Forums
258: Home
259: Community Forums
260: Member Screenshots
261: Home
262: Community Forums
263: Community Forums
264: Community Forums
265: Downloads
266: Downloads
267: Community Forums
268: Community Forums
269: Community Forums
270: CPGlang
271: Your Account
272: CPGlang
273: Member Screenshots
274: Community Forums
275: Community Forums
276: Member Screenshots
277: Community Forums
278: Community Forums
279: Downloads
280: Community Forums
281: Community Forums
282: Downloads
283: Community Forums
284: Member Screenshots
285: Community Forums
286: Community Forums
287: Photo Gallery
288: Community Forums
289: Downloads
290: Community Forums
291: Community Forums
292: Community Forums
293: Community Forums
294: Home
295: Community Forums
296: Home
297: Home
298: Community Forums
299: Community Forums
300: CPGlang
301: Photo Gallery
302: Community Forums
303: Member Screenshots
304: Home
305: Community Forums
306: Community Forums
307: Supporters
308: Community Forums
309: Community Forums
310: Home
311: Your Account
312: Home
313: Community Forums
314: Community Forums
315: Community Forums
316: Photo Gallery
317: CPGlang
318: CPGlang
319: CPGlang
320: Photo Gallery
321: Home
322: CPGlang
323: Photo Gallery
324: Community Forums
325: CPGlang
326: CPGlang
327: Community Forums
328: Photo Gallery
329: Downloads
330: CPGlang
331: Community Forums
332: Downloads
333: Community Forums
334: Community Forums
335: Photo Gallery
336: Community Forums
337: Photo Gallery
338: Downloads
339: Photo Gallery
340: Community Forums
341: Community Forums
342: Community Forums
343: Member Screenshots
344: Community Forums
345: Community Forums
346: Community Forums
347: Downloads
348: Community Forums
349: CPGlang
350: Community Forums
351: Photo Gallery
352: CPGlang
353: Community Forums
354: Photo Gallery
355: Home
356: Photo Gallery
357: News
358: Community Forums
359: Community Forums
360: Community Forums
361: Community Forums
362: Home
363: CPGlang
364: CPGlang
365: Photo Gallery
366: Community Forums
367: CPGlang
368: Photo Gallery
369: Downloads
370: Home
371: Community Forums
372: Your Account
373: Your Account
374: Community Forums
375: Community Forums
376: Photo Gallery
377: Community Forums
378: Home
379: Photo Gallery
380: Community Forums
381: Community Forums
382: Community Forums
383: Community Forums
384: Community Forums
385: Community Forums
386: Community Forums
387: Community Forums
388: Community Forums
389: Community Forums
390: Community Forums
391: Home
392: Home
393: Community Forums
394: Community Forums
395: Community Forums
396: Community Forums
397: Community Forums
398: Statistics
399: Photo Gallery
400: Community Forums
401: Community Forums
402: Community Forums
403: Community Forums
404: Community Forums
405: Community Forums
406: Home
407: CPGlang
408: Community Forums
409: Community Forums
410: Home
411: Community Forums
412: Community Forums
413: Community Forums
414: Community Forums
415: Member Screenshots
416: Home
417: Community Forums
418: Community Forums
419: Community Forums
420: Downloads
421: Community Forums
422: Home
423: Home
424: CPGlang
425: CPGlang
426: Member Screenshots
427: CPGlang
428: CPGlang
429: CPGlang
430: Community Forums
431: Photo Gallery
432: Photo Gallery
433: Community Forums
434: Member Screenshots
435: Member Screenshots
436: Community Forums
437: Community Forums
438: Community Forums
439: Community Forums
440: Community Forums
441: Community Forums
442: Community Forums
443: Community Forums
444: Community Forums
445: Community Forums
446: Photo Gallery
447: Community Forums
448: Community Forums
449: Community Forums
450: CPGlang
451: Community Forums
452: Community Forums
453: Community Forums
454: Photo Gallery
455: Community Forums
456: CPGlang
457: Photo Gallery
458: Community Forums
459: CPGlang
460: Community Forums
461: Community Forums
462: Home
463: Community Forums
464: CPGlang
465: Community Forums
466: Downloads
467: Community Forums
468: Community Forums
469: Home
470: Community Forums
471: Community Forums
472: CPGlang
473: CPGlang
474: Community Forums
475: Home
476: Community Forums
477: Community Forums
478: Community Forums
479: Home
480: Photo Gallery
481: Photo Gallery
482: Community Forums
483: Community Forums
484: Community Forums
485: Your Account
486: Community Forums
487: Downloads
488: Community Forums
489: Community Forums
490: Photo Gallery
491: Photo Gallery
492: CPGlang
493: Community Forums
494: Photo Gallery
495: Photo Gallery
496: Photo Gallery
497: Community Forums
498: CPGlang
499: Photo Gallery
500: Community Forums
501: Community Forums
502: Community Forums
503: Community Forums
504: Community Forums
505: Photo Gallery
506: Community Forums
507: Community Forums
508: Photo Gallery
509: Downloads
510: Community Forums
511: Photo Gallery
512: Photo Gallery
513: Community Forums
514: Home
515: Community Forums
516: Downloads
517: Photo Gallery
518: Community Forums
519: Community Forums
520: CPGlang
521: Member Screenshots
522: Community Forums
523: Member Screenshots
524: Home
525: Home
526: Community Forums
527: Home
528: Community Forums
529: Community Forums
530: Photo Gallery
531: Community Forums
532: Photo Gallery
533: Supporters
534: Community Forums
535: Community Forums
536: Community Forums
537: Community Forums
538: Community Forums
539: Photo Gallery
540: Community Forums
541: Home
542: Home
543: Community Forums
544: Community Forums
545: News Archive
546: Photo Gallery
547: Community Forums
548: Member Screenshots
549: Community Forums
550: CPGlang
551: Downloads
552: Community Forums
553: Photo Gallery
554: Your Account
555: Member Screenshots
556: Community Forums
557: Photo Gallery
558: Community Forums
559: Community Forums
560: Community Forums
561: Home
562: Photo Gallery
563: Community Forums
564: Home
565: Community Forums
566: CPGlang
567: Home
568: Community Forums
569: Community Forums
570: Community Forums
571: Home
572: Community Forums
573: Community Forums
574: Community Forums
575: Community Forums
576: Community Forums
577: Downloads
578: Community Forums
579: Photo Gallery
580: Community Forums
581: Home
582: CPGlang
583: CPGlang
584: Photo Gallery
585: News
586: Photo Gallery
587: Photo Gallery
588: Photo Gallery
589: Community Forums
590: Community Forums
591: Community Forums
592: Community Forums
593: Community Forums
594: Community Forums
595: Community Forums
596: Community Forums
597: Photo Gallery
598: Community Forums
599: Community Forums
600: Community Forums
601: Community Forums
602: CPGlang
603: Community Forums
604: Photo Gallery
605: Community Forums
606: Photo Gallery
607: Photo Gallery
608: CPGlang
609: Community Forums
610: Community Forums
611: Community Forums
612: Photo Gallery
613: Community Forums
614: Photo Gallery
615: Community Forums
616: CPGlang
617: Home
618: Community Forums
619: Community Forums
620: Photo Gallery
621: Community Forums
622: Community Forums
623: Photo Gallery
624: Photo Gallery
625: CPGlang
626: Community Forums
627: Member Screenshots
628: Photo Gallery
629: Community Forums
630: Your Account
631: Photo Gallery
632: Downloads
633: Member Screenshots
634: Community Forums
635: Community Forums
636: Community Forums
637: Community Forums
638: Community Forums
639: Community Forums
640: Community Forums
641: Home
642: Downloads
643: Community Forums
644: Community Forums
645: Community Forums
646: Photo Gallery
647: Community Forums
648: Community Forums
649: Photo Gallery
650: Community Forums
651: Community Forums
652: Photo Gallery
653: Member Screenshots
654: Your Account
655: Photo Gallery
656: Community Forums
657: Community Forums
658: Home
659: Community Forums
660: Photo Gallery
661: Home
662: Community Forums
663: Photo Gallery
664: Community Forums
665: Community Forums
666: Photo Gallery
667: Community Forums
668: Community Forums
669: Community Forums
670: Photo Gallery
671: Community Forums
672: Community Forums
673: CPGlang
674: Home
675: Community Forums
676: Community Forums
677: Community Forums
678: Community Forums
679: Community Forums
680: Community Forums
681: Community Forums
682: Community Forums
683: CPGlang
684: Community Forums
685: Community Forums
686: Photo Gallery
687: Community Forums
688: Home
689: Community Forums
690: Photo Gallery
691: Home
692: Community Forums
693: CPGlang
694: Home
695: Photo Gallery
696: Community Forums
697: Photo Gallery
698: Downloads
699: Community Forums
700: Community Forums
701: Community Forums
702: Photo Gallery
703: Photo Gallery
704: Community Forums
705: Your Account
706: Community Forums
707: Photo Gallery
708: Home
709: Community Forums
710: Statistics
711: Community Forums
712: Community Forums
713: Community Forums
714: Photo Gallery
715: CPGlang
716: Member Screenshots
717: Community Forums
718: Photo Gallery
719: Photo Gallery
720: Community Forums
721: Statistics
722: Community Forums
723: Photo Gallery
724: Community Forums
725: Community Forums
726: Photo Gallery
727: Photo Gallery
728: Community Forums
729: CPGlang
730: CPGlang
731: Community Forums
732: Community Forums
733: Photo Gallery
734: Photo Gallery
735: Your Account
736: Community Forums
737: Community Forums
738: Community Forums
739: Community Forums
740: Member Screenshots
741: Downloads
742: Downloads
743: CPGlang
744: Home
745: Community Forums
746: Community Forums
747: Community Forums
748: Community Forums
749: Community Forums
750: Home
751: Community Forums
752: Community Forums
753: Community Forums
754: Photo Gallery
755: Home
756: Community Forums
757: Community Forums
758: CPGlang
759: CPGlang
760: CPGlang
761: Community Forums
762: Community Forums
763: Community Forums
764: Photo Gallery
765: Community Forums
766: Community Forums
767: Home
768: Statistics
769: Community Forums
770: Photo Gallery
771: Photo Gallery
772: Member Screenshots
773: Community Forums
774: Community Forums
775: Community Forums
776: Community Forums
777: News
778: Photo Gallery
779: Downloads
780: Community Forums
781: Photo Gallery
782: Community Forums
783: Community Forums
784: Community Forums
785: Community Forums
786: Photo Gallery
787: CPGlang
788: CPGlang
789: CPGlang
790: CPGlang
791: CPGlang
792: CPGlang
793: Community Forums
794: Member Screenshots
795: Community Forums
796: Community Forums
797: Photo Gallery
798: Downloads
799: Community Forums
800: Photo Gallery
801: Home
802: Photo Gallery
803: Community Forums
804: Community Forums
805: Home
806: CPGlang
807: Community Forums
808: Photo Gallery
809: Community Forums
810: Community Forums
811: Photo Gallery
812: Photo Gallery
813: Home
814: CPGlang
815: Community Forums
816: Home
817: Community Forums
818: Your Account
819: Community Forums

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
Playing a game off an external HD? :: Archived
Resolve issues with your computer problems here or read about the latest computer parts and information.
Post new topic    Revive this topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  Hardware

Topic Archived View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Tanklord
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 817
Location: Louisiana
PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:20 pm
Post subject: Playing a game off an external HD?

I tried to load COD4 to my laptop, but I need 6 GB more to get it to load. I can't cull anything else from this HD. I do have a 40GB external HD that works through the USB port. Could I load it to that drive and play from there?
Back to top
View user's profile Yahoo Messenger
Uhu_Fledermaus
Aircraft Demolition Expert

Offline Offline
Joined: Nov 28, 2004
Posts: 4369
Location: Blaricum, The Netherlands ~GMT+1
PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:08 am
Post subject: Re: Playing a game off an external HD?

Sorry to say that it won't as the data transfer rate is to low to activly play a game from there.....................

_________________
System: i7 2600K @ 4.7G ~1,345V| Asus P8Z68 deluxe | Corsair Hydro H100 | Mushkin Redline 8G @ 1600MHz CL7 ~1,65V | Gainward GTX580 Phanthom 3Gb | 340.52 WHQL drivers | nVidia Inspector 1.9.7.2 | 1x Vertex 3 120G for OS | 1x Samsung 840 500G for FTX_fsX | 1x Samsung 830 256G | 1x Velociraptor 600G | 3x WD 500G | CM Pro Gold 1000W | CM HAF-X | Logitech G15 Blue edition | G940 Flight System |LG Flatron E2711T 27" | Iiyama ProLite E2409HDS 24" | W7 pro SP1 x64 EN | fsX + Acc + all FTX sceneries + OZx + REX_Essentials_OD + FSGX2010 + FSGW
Back to top
View user's profile ICQ Number MSN Messenger Photo Gallery
Tanklord
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 817
Location: Louisiana
PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:21 am
Post subject: Re: Playing a game off an external HD?

Oh well, there's "Plan B"...A new laptop! Okay guys, help me with some excuses I can give my wife as to why I need a new laptop since the one I have is only 2 years old. Laughing
Back to top
View user's profile Yahoo Messenger
Chuck_71st
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jul 23, 2005
Posts: 235

PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:24 am
Post subject: Re: Playing a game off an external HD?

Buy her jewlry like Stoopy did.........Justified a nice hardware haul for him Mr. Green
Back to top
View user's profile
JG300-Stoopy
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 5840
Location: Group W bench
PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:51 am
Post subject: Re: Playing a game off an external HD?

Hey I heard that (and it's true!)

Well....not that I'd recommend it or condone it as an intentional act or anything but the thing with laptops is, they can fall on the floor accidentally.....or left on the couch and get accidentally sat on.....or be packed in a suitcase before going on travel and have the displays cracked by the baggage equipment.....or if you live in the NorthEast right now, left out in the car overnight and then turned on in the morning while still cold as ice, and odds are the hard drive will fail for good.....why, any number of subtle yet deadly fates can fall upon these complicated and highly temperamental devices.....it'll pay bigger dividends if the death can be staged in a way that she has some involvement and subsequent guilt over... "Babe, I put that blanket over the laptop on the couch so you wouldn't sit there!!"...... Twisted Evil

And if all this were to unfortunately happen just a short time after buying her that romantic ring for cheap (cubic zirconia's are getting harder and harder to tell apart from real diamonds these days, and no one's the wiser) then you're right there in the batter's box.....

AFTER you put that external hard drive to work by backing up all important data of course (no part of the animal is wasted this way)!

(but I didn't mention any of the above!!!)

Well seriously I've never been a big fan of laptops for any entertainment or sim purposes simply because - case in point - the limited expansion capability after a short period of ownership. They're great for work stuff, but today's entertainment and sim titles are far more demaning than any office or development application.

Maybe we can talk her into a hot-rod build-it-yourself or off-the-shelf desktop system? Lots more hardware per dollar there....just a thought......

_________________
"Once your reputation is ruined, you can live quite freely."
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Tanklord
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 817
Location: Louisiana
PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:04 pm
Post subject: Re: Playing a game off an external HD?

Stoopy, a new desktop system would be easy to pass by her. Ours is 6 years old, but I can't take it on the road with me. Most of my game playing is while I am out on drilling rigs. I have a lot of hurry up and wait time, perfect for a little gaming.
Back to top
View user's profile Yahoo Messenger
JG300-Stoopy
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 5840
Location: Group W bench
PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:26 pm
Post subject: Re: Playing a game off an external HD?

Ahh, I see. OK, I know....your company just changed wireless access protocols and the laptop you have now doesn't support that protocol and is expensive enough to upgrade that you might as well get a newer laptop that supports the new wireless access so you can email her and send her mushy love notes from the oil rig!

Think that'll work?

Or aternatively you can just tell her the honest truth, the current laptop is all crusty and doesn't have enough space on it no'mo' and you really want and need a new one and she can use the current one for email and internet access in any room of the house where the desktop system isn't.

_________________
"Once your reputation is ruined, you can live quite freely."
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Tanklord
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 817
Location: Louisiana
PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:09 pm
Post subject: Re: Playing a game off an external HD?

I think that last plan just might do the trick! Laughing
Back to top
View user's profile Yahoo Messenger
JG300-Stoopy
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 5840
Location: Group W bench
PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:12 pm
Post subject: Re: Playing a game off an external HD?

Y'know I figured it had good odds...funny how just levelling with 'em seems to be the best option... Smile

Good luck!


_________________
"Once your reputation is ruined, you can live quite freely."
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
SnwMan0
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Feb 04, 2005
Posts: 293
Location: Mn,USA
PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:55 am
Post subject: Re: Playing a game off an external HD?

External HD w/ firewire will run your games ... I have a basic 7200 that i run BF2 , JO and IL-2 off of. Learned of doing this when my 10k Raptor HD got filled up. Jewelry didnt impress the mrs so plan C was use what i got.

_________________

Ullus Vicis , Ullus Qua.
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website MSN Messenger Photo Gallery
bsmart
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 2523
Location: Central Maryland
PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:46 am
Post subject: Re: Playing a game off an external HD?

If your hard drive is full of work stuff move that to the external drive to make room for the game. tell them you are doing it so that you can better secure the dtaa and also that it gives you the flexibility of having 'The Important stuff' (The hard part is keeping a straight face while saying that, you need to practice) available in case the laptop has one of the many accidents that an befall it. Rolling Eyes

_________________
Bob Smart (bsmart@xecu.net)
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
Shadow_Bshwackr
Janitor

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 21, 2005
Posts: 7015
Location: Central Illinois, USA
PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:23 am
Post subject: Re: Playing a game off an external HD?

ROFL Bob... I like that plan! lol
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Revive this topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  Hardware
Page 1 of 1
All times are GMT - 6 Hours

Archive Revive
Username:
This is an archived topic - your reply will not be appended here.
Instead, a new topic will be generated in the active forum.
The new topic will provide a reference link to this archived topic.