Comments for Can I install programs on an external drive?

Comment from Leo on 2008-07-21

2008-07-21T16:20:58Z

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If your hard drive (or USB thumb drive) has a physical
"read-only" switch to prevent writing to the device, use
that. Unfortunately, not many do these days for some reason.

- From a purely pragmatic point of view the answer is that you
really can't ... at least not with 100% certainty. The best
steps to take include:

* ONLY connect to PCs you absolutely trust

* turn off "auto play" on your own computer

* virus scan the drive immediately on connecting it back to
your own computer.

Leo

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Comment from Vik on 2008-07-19

2008-07-20T06:43:26Z

How to protect my data on my portable hard drive, from infections, while connecting to other people's pc ?
Thanks for any info.

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Comment from olivier on 2008-04-12

2008-04-12T18:28:38Z

would like to know if it is possile to install an antivirus on my external drive, and where can i get the software?which kind of software can i use?

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Comment from Pat on 2007-04-10

2007-04-11T00:03:52Z

Thankyou very helpful.

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Comment from Clive on 2007-03-26

2007-03-26T17:01:57Z

There is a program call MojoPac that allows one to install software on a USB drive, iPod or portable hard drive because it vitualizes the Registry. You can run MS Office and other programs like Adobe Creative Suite, and move the drive from computer to computer and use the installed applications. Very cool . Find out more here: http://www.mojopac.com

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Comment from Simon on 2007-03-19

2007-03-19T13:55:49Z

Building on Chuck's comment, Wikipedia has a nice list of "portable" applications (ones that don't require any installation and so can be easily run from external drives) at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_portable_software .

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Comment from Chuck Eglinton on 2007-03-14

2007-03-14T12:04:54Z

Excellent advice, Leo.

Some aapplications have been designed to run external drives, such as the MS Word compatible processor, "ABIword Portable," the Thunderbird Browser, and many Open Office applications.

Carrying these portable applications on an external drive or jump drive can be helpful if you're a student or you use various computers.

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