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Is it possible to have two identical desktops and bring the hard drives between them

parker02311
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Is it possible just to have separate C drives and the have D and F drives that I could take back and forth without the activation issue, and either way I was planning on them both being identical.

Yeah just make 2 different C drives, and take the external drives back and forth with you that have all your files. I like to tinker with my linux installation so I keep literally nothing on my install drive, its all external (incase i break it).

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Do something like this so you have all your user folders with you too:

 

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-move-default-user-folders-new-drive-windows-10

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1 minute ago, starry said:

Yeah just make 2 different C drives, and take the external drives back and forth with you that have all your files. I like to tinker with my linux installation so I keep literally nothing on my install drive, its all external (incase i break it).

Thats probably what I will end up doing then, thanks everyone for the help.

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Im probably gonna end up using my laptop as a streaming pc as well lol.

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If the idea behind this is to have a desktop at each parents house, just build an itx system you can move around. A $3k itx system would destroy both a gaming laptop and 2 desktops that cost half that.

 

 

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15 hours ago, parker02311 said:

so the solution I came up with was buying two identically desktops

Wow, the kids of divorced parents stereotype is true!

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