Will this work with an external hard drive?
Ok so i love the game the sims 2. Our computer has all the requirements to play it except for the memory issue as we have 5 user accounts all playing. I was hoping to load the game onto an external hard drive and then playing it from there instead of loading it onto my internal hard drive. If i did do this when i inserted the game play disk would it ask me 2 install onto the internal hard drive each time or could i just select game play from my external hard drive? I do realise that this could make the game run slower but my main issue would be the effects on the computer itself. I was intended to get a 80gb+ external hard drive with at least a usb 2.0 connection. Can anybody give me any tips on this subject and help me through the process. Also it would be nice 2 know how well the outcome of all this would be. any tips and help would be greatly apppricated. This external hard drive will only be used for sims 2 game play and saving files concerning the game. Thank you in advance
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mrresearchman - November 18, 2009
Hi, First, Memory (RAM) has NOTHING t do with hard drive storahe space.
So, installing Sims on another drive won’t help with a low memory (RAM) problem.
However, *IF* you’re talking about low storage space and NOT computer memory (RAM), it MAY be possible to install Sims on another drive other than your C: drive.
You can check the Owner’s Manual to see if it tells you IF you can install Sims on another drive other than C:.
IF it doesn’t inform you of such, You can simply start to install Sims and TAKE NOTICE of the On Screen Messages to see *IF* it allows you to chose a drive to install to other than your C:
RMT - November 18, 2009
you need an CD image program. . nero will do it
GoLd E - November 18, 2009
no this is not going to work simply add a bigger ram.