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    Running Games off PORTABLE things....

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by jl1989, Nov 27, 2007.

  1. jl1989

    jl1989 Notebook Evangelist

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    Is there any way to play games like WoW on a 8 GB USB, or 8GB SD Card?!?... I don't have room on my laptop to install the games :(

    I tried playing STEAM off USB and it worked fine.. anyone know if WoW works before i go get it? (8 GB USB/SD?)

    Thanks!
     
    jl1989, Nov 27, 2007
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Should work fine, maybe slow loading times, but it will work.
     
    adinu, Nov 27, 2007
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  3. odin243

    odin243 Notebook Prophet

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    You should be able to install any game to any removable storage device, provided it has enough free space. However, it will likely only work with that computer, due to registry entries and such. You also may need to make sure the drive letter is the same each time you connect the device for the filepaths.
     
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  4. prei

    prei Notebook Enthusiast

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    I can confirm that WoW can be used on removable media and moved around from computer to computer just fine. It's pretty good at being portable!
     
    prei, Nov 27, 2007
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