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Could and hp external drive be good for gaming?

Aug 8, 2012 11:54PM PDT

To make my question more precise, is there any way I could play for instance a game like Sims 3 in a HP Envy 14 Spectre? Would and hp external drive be good enough to play it without it getting too slow? Thank you in advance Happy

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Re: game
Aug 8, 2012 11:58PM PDT

Why the mention of an external drive? An external drive is used to transport large amounts data between different machines/locations and as a (moderately reliable) backup. Not to run programs from. Use an internal hard disk for that.

Kees

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Ty
Aug 9, 2012 12:14AM PDT

Its just I dont know much about how it all works, and I was told an external drive could work for that, but how would I be able to instal an internal drive? Is it possible to instal in an ultrabook?? Didnt know that, though wouldnt be able to do it myself lol ty though

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Re: drive
Aug 9, 2012 12:17AM PDT

I'm sure the laptop already has an internal drive. Why not use that?

Kees

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Ok
Aug 9, 2012 12:25AM PDT

Thank you!