What is an External Harddisk

An External Harddisk is a type of computer storage device that can be carried or taken with you to various locations as a single hard disk, hard disk in a computer. But different in that External Harddisk is used to connect outside the computer, the general Harddisk is inside the computer by using the Harddisk that is commonly used in the computer. Come installed in the box for the Harddisk, there will be a circuit board that controls the work of the Harddisk installed in the box. You can choose the capacity of the Harddisk to be installed in this box according to your needs and the type of Harddisk that will be installed in this box. You have to choose the right type of box, there are two types, generally IDE and SATA, but now it's starting to include some e-SATA. Including the latest data transfer technology USB 3.0 that has just been released recently.

The benefits of External Harddisk are in addition to being a high-capacity storage device. Able to store a lot of data It can also be used as an additional hard drive for your computer because an External Harddisk is like another hard disk. Because we can install the operating system on this External Harddisk, as the main hard disk is almost full, causing the computer to slow down. We were able to move the data to the External Harddisk, causing the problem of sluggishness reduced. Or someone who uses a 32-bit computer but wants to use a 64-bit program can use this hard drive to add. By letting the 64-bit programs you want to be run on an external hard disk instead, you can now use 64-bit programs without having to buy a new computer.

The external hard disk commercially available in the market is also divided into two main types for convenience: PC-style external hard disk and notebook-style external hard disk.

1. External PC hard disk has the advantage of being "cheap" compared to others. (same capacity), but it has a large disadvantage and is very heavy compared to the other.