Can I send my Magix program to my external hard drive and use it there?

JBrown wrote on 6/18/2016, 7:51 AM

Sorry, I'm not computer savy. I have a 7200rpm external HDD. My internal drive is only 5400rpm.

If I send my Magix Fastcut Folder to my External drive will I be able to use it there? My thinking is, the program will work faster on the faster drive.

Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks, Jim.

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johnebaker wrote on 6/21/2016, 12:26 PM

Hi

. . . . . If I send my Magix Fastcut Folder to my External drive will I be able to use it there? My thinking is, the program will work faster on the faster drive. . . . . .

If the external drive is connected by USB then, despite the faster drive, it will be slower than using the internal 5400 rpm drive due to the significant difference in data transfer rate over USB compared to the internal drive.

In general it is not good practice to install programs on a removeable, eg USB, drive.

HTH

John EB

 

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Munenushi wrote on 9/20/2016, 12:49 AM

If I may pop in on this, although this is a couple of months old now, I would like to contribute just a bit of explanation perhaps... 

The knowledgable JohnB is correct; not only is USB slower in speed (transferring data back and forth to the drive, even if the drive itself is very fast), it is usually not a good idea for a number of reasons.
Another one of them is that when a program is "installed" into Windows, it uses many Libraries and System Files that are built into Windows itself. The program may also install it's own System Files that are specific to the program, into Windows.
This is why many programs do not work on their own or run properly from USB drives - when run, the program may be looking for Drivers/Libraries/SystemFiles that are not on the system it is connected to (or may not be in the 'proper place' it is looking).
There are "portable" versions of many applications, but the majority of programs are not designed to run initlally this way (off of a USB drive).

I add this additional explanation to help others that may come across this, too.