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Can I install a game on an external HDD, and play it on a laptop?

it will probably run poorly, why not move static files (docs, pics, music) from the laptop drive over to the external drive to free up space on C: of the laptop, that will give you better performance
 
Originally posted by: FoBoT
it will probably run poorly, why not move static files (docs, pics, music) from the laptop drive over to the external drive to free up space on C: of the laptop, that will give you better performance
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My PC is downstairs, and I want to play while upstairs in the living room on the couch. The laptop is my gf's work machine though so I don't want to install anything directly on to it.
 
Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
I've run WoW from an external hard drive. Contrary to popular belief, a hard drive doesn't have to be that fast.
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Exactly what I want to do.

I'd probably have to play at 800 x 600 or on this. It's only a 1.8 Pentium M, with a mobile 9600.
 
when you install a game, it puts stuff in the registry, not just the file system. if you are going to litter the registry with the game , i don't see how putting the files on the external drive will make a difference. the IT guys that administer the laptop can see a game was installed whether it goes to an external drive or the internal hard drive
 
Originally posted by: FoBoT
when you install a game, it puts stuff in the registry, not just the file system. if you are going to litter the registry with the game , i don't see how putting the files on the external drive will make a difference. the IT guys that administer the laptop can see a game was installed whether it goes to an external drive or the internal hard drive
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Even if I install it to the HDD from another machine? I don't think her IT department is that strict. It's a small office, and the IT guy is the son in-law of one of the partners.
 
Originally posted by: Jumpem
Originally posted by: FoBoT
when you install a game, it puts stuff in the registry, not just the file system. if you are going to litter the registry with the game , i don't see how putting the files on the external drive will make a difference. the IT guys that administer the laptop can see a game was installed whether it goes to an external drive or the internal hard drive
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Even if I install it to the HDD from another machine? I don't think her IT department is that strict. It's a small office, and the IT guy is the son in-law of one of the partners.
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i am just saying there is really no point to this. if they don't care, then just install the game and play it, what is the point of the extra drive?
 
only old games that didn't make registry changes really work without installs on that specific system. stuff like old quake games and such.
 
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