external hard drive

Carol Ann · External Since: Nov 02, 2009 Posts: 1

A friend has an old pc with a small hard drive memory. Can we add an
external hard drive to enabale him to downloard a pdf programme. Then can he
open pdf files on the external hard drive.
Carol

PA Bear [MS MVP] · External Since: Jan 09, 2009 Posts: 180

And your Windows Mail question would be...?

Carol Ann wrote:
> A friend has an old pc with a small hard drive memory. Can we add an
> external hard drive to enabale him to downloard a pdf programme. Then can
> he open pdf files on the external hard drive.
> Carol

Steve Cochran · External Since: Feb 22, 2006 Posts: 3053

Yes. But don't put the WinMail message store on the external drive. You
can also backup the documents and favorites that way in case the old
computer dies.

steve

"Carol Ann" <Carol Ann.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E28EAE48-FC41-4632-A53C-CC0D9F27058E@microsoft.com...
>A friend has an old pc with a small hard drive memory. Can we add an
> external hard drive to enabale him to downloard a pdf programme. Then can
> he
> open pdf files on the external hard drive.
> Carol

Sam Hobbs · External Since: Feb 01, 2009 Posts: 72

It would be better to add a second drive in the computer. Then you can move
some of the data from the main drive to the second drive. Then you will have
room to install the program for PDF files. You can install the program
either in the first drive or the second drive.

If the computer supports USB, then another possibility would be to move from
data to the flash drive. There might be data in the main drive that does not
need to be there.

Another possibility would be to get the entire copy of the main drive copied
to a bigger drive, but that must be done by someone that is technically
qualified.

For questions about any of this, find a newsgroup or forum or friends to
help you. Since this newsgroup is a Windows Mail newsgroup, I will likely
not provide more assistance with your question here; sorry.

"Carol Ann" <Carol Ann RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E28EAE48-FC41-4632-A53C-CC0D9F27058E@microsoft.com...
>A friend has an old pc with a small hard drive memory. Can we add an
> external hard drive to enabale him to downloard a pdf programme. Then can
> he
> open pdf files on the external hard drive.
> Carol