I have a small SSD C-drive on my Windows 7 PC. Want to store all files on La Cie, incl. Google Drive. Is this possible w/o slowing the PC down?
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I use this as a time machine for an iMac. But it does not slow down the iMac at all.
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I don't use my computer to store files. I use it for the internet mainly. I Access my office via the web. I will tell you that with its not a lot of memory as I have nothing really currently stored on it and only have way less than 100 GB of storage left.
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I'm not sure. Perhaps you can just attach both drives and use windows to copy the files.
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you can point the output to your google drive files and use any output you want. on window 7, the default path starts with c:\users\ i setup my google drive to a different hard drive and have other 'non-google drive aware' programs put files there. sometimes there will be a 'sync error' but that fixes itself on the next reboot. hope that helps.
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It should not matter what is on the drive. It will copy what is there. Keep in mind you need to copy to a drive of the same size or larger but larger you lose the extra space.
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This is a better question for Google, the drive is formatted in NTFS file system, The chromebook would reqire some sort of chromebook driver to work.
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I agree with Eric. I always thought the SSD was just there as a disk cache and that appears to be the way it is treated. It works and it is fast. Take a look in Control Panel at "System" and then "Device Manager" and then "Disk Drives" and you will see the SSD listed separately from the hard disk drive. (I'm running Win 8.1)
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Another great thing about Google Drive--all your docs, spreadsheets, and presentations are saved on the cloud, so you can access them from any computer. I took my Chromebook to a conference, and didn't need to save my notes on a flash drive to transfer them to my work or home computer--I just log into my Google account and there they are!
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The disk drive is Hybrid. Its in the middle of an SS drive and a standard drive. It uses SS memory as cache.
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The SSD isn't a typical storage drive. It is used to save the windows state on shut-down so the computer boots faster. You can not save programs to it or access in the typical manner. The OS is installed on the 500gb drive along with all programs and files. I am an IT person and this is still an extremely fast computer even for the OS not being on the SSD.
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I usually back up full os, but i'm almost positive you can back up individual files. My only gripe with this software is I already owned an older copy and had to purchase a new copy for windows 7!
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I use my ssd just for the OS and programs. Data storage such as music and documents I do one an HDD I have both installed internally.
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Honestly, I have not tried doing so. But, it would work if Chrome has some kind of built-in driver for the drive. Generally, it seems that Chrome has limitations and, while easy to use, is not as robust as MS Windows when it comes to settings and possibly to attaching devices. My impression has been that this is more of a cloud (internet-connected) type of setup. Though, you're welcome to try attaching an external drive. I'd be curious to know if the attached drive would work.
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Yes, I have all my documents saved by default to the f:drive, and primary games and programs on the c:drive(SSD). instructions explain it very well.
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MarilynI am no computer expert but pictures are what I store most. This drive works very well for that.
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You can copy your drive to a same or larger but, I think you end up with all the data in the same places as the old one. I use this as a way to have a back up drive that I copy to and then use the new copy, the old drive is where I left off. In a few months, I do the same thing unless I feel performance issues and then, I pull the new files off, copy the previous version back onto the drive, install the previous drive and back to being happy. Having lost all my software and configs and taking 3 days to get back to where I had a friendly usable computer, it is worth it.
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This looks like a hybrid drive to me. The 8GB SSD drive is for files that are used frequently. It can provide a speed boost when accessing frequently used files/programs. You won't be able to directly access it.