Almost every network drive I've used runs much slower than some attached USB drive.
And since we can share this drive on the network, I don't have to put it on some network and suffer the slow speed on my machine.
Bob
What is the difference between an external drive and a network drive? Also, is it better to buy a pogoplug to convert an external drive I already have, or to buy a network drive? I have two computers, one running Vista and another running Windows XP that I want to have the ability to store files on the external drive via my home network.

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