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I broke my DVD drive and wouldn't know where to begin as regards putting in a new one. The argos has an external one for a nice price.
Can I run games from external drives?
Can I run games from external drives?
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External Drive Question
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OP
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Oh, thanks! 
I thought bandwidth would be a terrible issue.
I thought bandwidth would be a terrible issue.
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so long as your computer has USB 2.0 or Firewire on it bandwidth will not be a problem if its only USB 1.1.... well then it might be kinda slow.
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No problems there. This baby has 8 USB 2.0 ports, and now I'll actually be using one of them!
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i`v used this program called game drive for years it copys the cd to the hard drive i don`t use my cd at all now http://www.farstone.com/home/ensite/products/gamedrive.shtml
no 64bit yet
no 64bit yet
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I'm pretty sure that's illegal...
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i hope not ,you have to have the cd to copy it
also it`s sold at tiger direct to http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1197204&CatId=26 it updates to 10
also it`s sold at tiger direct to http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1197204&CatId=26 it updates to 10
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Yeah but there's a reason you have to put the CD in every time you load a game even though the whole game is already installed on your PC.
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Using virtual drives is not illegal, as long as you hold the liscense to the software. With fast disk subsystems, it also helps with loading. One other benefit is that it doesn't have the periodic spin up of louder optical drives. If the program or functionality was illegal, this and many other products would be off the market, including several freeware versions. I have had mainboards bundled with similar software as well.
That said, there are certain security protocols on disks that will not allow use of these programs.
That said, there are certain security protocols on disks that will not allow use of these programs.
