Interior or Exterior Hard Drive: Which one do you prefer?

I know that interior drives are not portable but will not be detached easily. Exterior drives are portable, but can easily be detached. Which one is better?

I'd like to run exclusively on external hard drives, but unfortunately my computer can't boot USB.jalexbrown

[QUOTE="jalexbrown"]I'd like to run exclusively on external hard drives, but unfortunately my computer can't boot USB.Gonzafan

Internal... Faster, more reliable.

The only reasons I can think someone might want an external hard drive were if for some reason they need portable storage, or if they simply don't know how to install and configure an internal hard drive.

Internal for just about everything.

External for the games that I play on the computers in Engineering class.

Exterior, it's easier to thermite switch detonate.

[QUOTE="jalexbrown"]I'd like to run exclusively on external hard drives, but unfortunately my computer can't boot USB.Gonzafan

[An external hard drive is just an internal in a box.markop2003

I prefer internal but I like external hardrives for pics and movies. :P

The external drive I have is pretty loud so I only use it to back things up and move large files. Internal is the best way to store your data and externals are nice to have for portability.

Exteriors for backups, interiors for everything else.

most people I know only use their external hard drives like a giant usb stick. Interior drives are more versatile in my opinion.

Thus my current setup of a 750GB main drive, 1.5TB storage drive, and two 1TBs externally in a NAS.DJ_Lae

[QUOTE="DJ_Lae"]Thus my current setup of a 750GB main drive, 1.5TB storage drive, and two 1TBs externally in a NAS.Darth-Caedus

Actually, I'll need more soon. Porn takes up a lot of space. :/

[QUOTE="Darth-Caedus"][QUOTE="DJ_Lae"]Thus my current setup of a 750GB main drive, 1.5TB storage drive, and two 1TBs externally in a NAS.DJ_Lae

Actually, I'll need more soon. Porn takes up a lot of space. :/

Dude...you have more space left on one of those then I have total space on my HD...:lol: If you are serious on the porn comment...that is kinda sad..:P If not...seriously, what the hell are you using that is taking up that much space?:lol: Darth-Caedus

Nah, it's not porn. It's mostly Steam games, iTunes shows (in HD, so basically 2GB an episode), and movie rips (both DVD and HD-DVD I did in case my HD-DVD drive dies). The games and iTunes stuff are essentially duplicated, too, mostly because iTunes lack of a redownload option sucks and I don't want to lose them.

That's an easy 2TB of total space right there. Plus photos and music, which is probably another 200GB. I also have yet to sift through my old Windows installation, which eats up a good 600GB of my storage drive. Pull out photos, documents, save files, and then delete the whole thing.

In some ways the more space you have the more careless you are with it. :P