Laptop computers have surpassed the desktop models in terms of sales and demands. Lots of individuals now use laptop computers instead of desktops. However, in spite of all its advances, the laptops suffer from limited hard drive storage capacity and most often urge the regular users to buy external hard drives to add more storage to their machines. An external hard drive is chiefly used to store movies, audio, text documents and pictures. The portability of this hard drive helps it to be moved from one computer to another. You can attach your external drive to your laptop using FireWire or USB cable. You do not need to download additional applications to connect a portable hard drive to your laptop.

There are certain factors that you should consider before buying external hard drives for laptops. First of all, you should decide if your laptop will be used on regular basis or not. If it is meant to be used at home, a standard large capacity external hard drive will be the best choice. However, if you want to use the laptop while on road or in airplanes; you can consider buying a portable hard drive. The prices of external hard drives were too high in the initial years of its introduction. However, with time, the demand of these storage devices has increased to a great extent, and along with it, their prices have come down remarkably.

External hard drive cases arrive with their own power supply. While some models can be turned on and off, the others can be plugged in. There are many hard drive cases that possess their own fans which prevents overheating. Specific hard drive cases possess different sorts of connections, and thus, it is necessary to know what type of connectors a laptop has.


Now, the question is: how to connect an external hard drives to laptops? Read the points enumerated below to know the process:
• Turn on your laptop and if it needs separate power from the USB cable, plug the power source of your external hard drive into a power supply. There are numerous portable hard drives that do not need a separate power source.

• Plug the USB connector of the portable hard drive into the USB slot on your laptop. Go to “My Computer” and click the external hard drive icon that appears in “My Computer” to access the portable drive.

• After you save or transfer your files, remove the portable hard drive from your machine by right clicking the icon-“Portable Media” and then left click the option “Stop Drive”.


Before buying external hard drives for laptops, it is important to know that portable drives are subjected to loss or theft. Thus, the laptop users should always go for external drives that are password protected.

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