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Portable Hard Drive
« on: March 29, 2009, 12:25:46 PM »
Maybe some of you tech-savvy people can help me. 

Can NWN run off a portable hard drive?  Including this server. 

Thanks in advance. 
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Re: Portable Hard Drive
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2009, 12:49:20 PM »
Yes.  I was able to do it during my recent computer trouble, using a hard drive enclosure for the drive from my dead laptop.  Unfortunately the loaner machine I was running it off of was fairly weak, so had trouble running it well, but I think that was memory/processor/video card problems rather than anything inherent in running it off of a portable drive.

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Re: Portable Hard Drive
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2009, 02:19:29 PM »
How much would it take up to load it onto a portable drive?

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Re: Portable Hard Drive
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2009, 02:45:00 PM »
How much would it take up to load it onto a portable drive?

About 9 GB of space, I think.

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Re: Portable Hard Drive
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2009, 02:55:41 PM »
Alright, if I ever get around to purchasing, would that mean I could effectively bring a completely ready-to-play copy of NWN anywhere I want?

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Re: Portable Hard Drive
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2009, 04:08:44 PM »
Alright, if I ever get around to purchasing, would that mean I could effectively bring a completely ready-to-play copy of NWN anywhere I want?
Depends on where you want to go I guess. For example, I wouldn't recommend taking your completely ready-to-play copy of NWN scuba diving.

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Re: Portable Hard Drive
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2009, 04:43:16 PM »
Or into the sauna with you.

OH! Or whitewater rafting.
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Re: Portable Hard Drive
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2009, 05:47:16 PM »
How much would it take up to load it onto a portable drive?

About 9 GB of space, I think.

With my collection of NWN mods .................... 22 GB's. 

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