i have a Acer Aspire AS5520-5112 Laptop.. Processor Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor
Processor Speed 1.9GHz
Memory 3GB DDR-2 SDRAM
Hard Drive 250GB
CD-DVD Drive DVD-Super Multi drive
Graphics Chipset Nvidia® GeForce® Go 7700M Graphics
Video Memory Up to 896 MB shared
Display 15.4" CrystalBrite® widescreen LCD
Network Capable n/a
Ports 5-in-1 integrated card reader, B/G, Firewire, built in mic and webcam
Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium
Dimensions n/a
Weight 6.1lbs
Warranty 1-Year Limited
well its on its way. and as you can see Network Capable n/a..where can i get one.. and how can i find out if it will work in the laptop?
i dont want to use a USB Adapter…. i want to have a PCMIA.. and i have googled it.. just dont know how to find out it will fit in my new laptop with out buying it and trying…
I have a WD Passport Portable external hard drive. I’m not very happy with it as there are virtually no instructions for people like me who do not know how to use a hard drive. I want to use it to move some data from my laptop to the hard drive to free up space on my laptop. I thought that all I had to do was to plug the USB adapter into my computer and it would very easily walk me thru the process of backing up the files I want to move, so that I could them delete them from my laptop. (yes..one thing I do know is that by doing that I am not "technically" backing up the files because there is still only one copy of the files. I realize that I need to also backup the external hard drive in this instance).
There were a variety of files that show up in the WD folder, but I couldn’t tell what any of them were for. After some time, I finally stumbled upon the option to install some software. While doing that, it had me choose what data from my laptop I wanted to back up on the hard drive. I thought that once I completed this step I could go to my laptop and delete those same file. However, I have since figured out that what I did was sync my external hard drive…not back up my files. I did some research, discovered the difference between syncing and backing up. I figured that what I needed to do was move my files from laptop onto the external hard drive by "cutting" and "pasting" the files I want to move. So, I was going to try that, but I can’t tell which file in the WD folder I am supposed to move the files into.
My questions:
1. If I only sync (vs. backing up) am I supposed to be able to find the files I synced in a folder within the WD folder? I have looked thru all of them and can’t find anything.
2. I have now read someplace that I have to buy software that works with this WD hard drive and allows me to move my data from my laptop to the hard drive. Do I really have to buy some software…or can I just cut and paste the files from my laptop to the external hard drive?
3. If I CAN just cut and paste, how do I know which of the WD folders I am supposed to put the moved files into?
I’m very confused as you can tell. I appreciate any help.
Thanks,
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Could I hook up my hard drive to this, plug it into the desktop’s USB, and access/delete files off the laptop hard drive? I would just delete them on my laptop but it won’t stay on. If this isn’t the thing I need, how about this: http://cgi.ebay.com/IDE-2-5-3-5-inch-Laptop-Hard-Drive-Converter-Adapter-/130395094943?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e5c273f9f ? Would either work?
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