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Olly79

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Just wondering if anyone knew the following:

I'm currently studying programming C#.Net and wish to proceed with my studies using the universities computer when not at home. However the problem I have is that I do not wish to install the compiler Visual C#.Net on the computer every time i come to use it, therefore is it possible to have an external hard drive with my OS on it and the said Visual C#.net programme, thereby working solely from this, without every having to load all the necessaries onto the Uni hard drive?

All help appreciated.

Olly
 
yeah, just set up the hard disk with an OS and whatever software you need.

then hook it up to your uni pc, and then I'd imagine you'd get a choice of which OS to boot up with, so choose the external hard disk, and it'll be fine.
 
Olly79 said:
Just wondering if anyone knew the following:

I'm currently studying programming C#.Net and wish to proceed with my studies using the universities computer when not at home. However the problem I have is that I do not wish to install the compiler Visual C#.Net on the computer every time i come to use it, therefore is it possible to have an external hard drive with my OS on it and the said Visual C#.net programme, thereby working solely from this, without every having to load all the necessaries onto the Uni hard drive?

All help appreciated.

Olly
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Yes,there are several option here,I think the most practical would be the external USB hard drive with o/s on it and plus installed the programs what you want to use.There is a small drop in the speed of
the executing of the programs due the "bottleneck" created with
USB connections but again USB2 is not to bad.If you really need the o/s
on it try the minimized versions ( like PCLite etc).Would be ideal to have an external SATA connection on both computers because it supports hot swaping as well.Faster alternative would be to have all
your programs installed on CD/DVD ROM(including the mini o/s)
and all your data on the external hard drive.(this way you do not need
to mess with BIOS for enabling the boot from USB devices)
I have seen an interesting article at
Hard drive external bootable

Have fun and good luck!!!
 
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