>When popping over a mates I often just plug it out and stick it in to their machine.
I would have assume that this would not work unless the hardware was the same - due to device drivers, etc.
I would have assume that this would not work unless the hardware was the same - due to device drivers, etc.
I should probably mention I just stumbled on to this approach rather than having forged it through clever thinking -- it was originally due to a faulty motherboard burning out internal HDDs consitently. So I HAD to opt for an external drive and once I did the going back made little sense as it just imposed restrictions I didn't want anymore.