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    External HDD - File Transfer

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by vb86, Jul 5, 2008.

  1. vb86

    vb86 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Suppose I connect 2 external HDDs (A & B) on my notebook through the usb ports and copy data from A to B, will the data directly flow from A to B or is the notebook HDD involved? It obviously seems like the data is moving directly between the external HDDs, but I just wanna know whether the data is actually being moved into the internal HDD and then to the other external HDD or not.
     
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Direct connection.

    Do you see your internal HDD lights going nuts when copying files?
     
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