External HD

Kaldor Meshekal

Kaldor Meshekal

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

England

Rt/N

16 Apr 2006 at 21:54 - 1
My friend has recently been given a laptop, only to his dismay to find that it's got a massive 5GB HD. Split in two.

So, we were wondering if Guild Wars would operate fully if it was installed on an External HD, whilst the OS remained on the basic stuff in the laptop?

Any help appreciated Need to stop him hogging others computers!

Edit: I should learn to use the search feature However, I'll add to this as this one question doesn't seem to be answered properly (that I can find)

If I were to install Gw on an external HD, would I need to manually place the registry file on the HD with the OS?

Plus, can I do this with all my games?

mega_jamie

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

UK

Warlords of Ruin

A/Mo

16 Apr 2006 at 22:43 - 2
Firtly if hes just got the laptop, remove the partitions.

Secondly there should be no reason why GW should not run out of an external HDD, however it will be slower and be more prone to lag, your External HDD is going to be using firewire / USB 2.0 at its best and they arnt fast compared to the computers ability to process something o its own HDD, but it should, in thoery work.

Blade Rez

Blade Rez

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

Fairfax, VA

Shadows Of Nightmares (KoN)

W/

16 Apr 2006 at 22:53 - 3
Why don't you just buy a 40 gig Laptop hard drive....

cannonfodder

cannonfodder

Tech Monkeh Mod

Join Date: May 2005

Good Old North East of England

Mo/Me

17 Apr 2006 at 10:14 - 4
Whats the laptop spec, If it has a 5gig hard drive then it may be old, and might not be up to spec for running guild wars.

Kaldor Meshekal

Kaldor Meshekal

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

England

Rt/N

17 Apr 2006 at 11:04 - 5
Quote:
Originally Posted by Blade Rez
Why don't you just buy a 40 gig Laptop hard drive....

Because then he (my friend) would have to buy Windows OS.