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I have a desktop that I’m using as a server. I had it for awhile though and the software on it hasn’t been updated. Also the hard drive is too full with valuable stuff just to be formated. So I was just thinking to buy a new hard drive and make a fresh installation of let’s say Windows XP on it thus make it the main one.
I saw a portable USB hard drives today and to me that seems something very confortable. The first question though is can I install OS on it since it’s a USB device and then boot straight from it.
And secondly, what kind of problems I might engage since the system will be accepting all kinds of different connections from multiple users(apache + tomcat server, database, ftp server and possibly mail server too soon). My concern is that since the USB is shared also by things like keyboard, mouse and sometimes flash memory or camers, it might cuase problems by slowing down the reading speed etc. Any tips are welcome, for or against the idea
Thank you