Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

Can MMORPG games be run from an external hard drive?

I have a laptop which I run WoW on, but it takes up too much space. I have an external hard drive with the capacity to hold it, but I'm not sure if those games can be run off an external hard drive.

1 Answer

Relevance
  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    It can. Your computer will treat the external device like an internal drive as long as it's on.

    Those things seem to be poorly cooled and have short lifespans, so I wouldn't keep anything on it that it would kill you to lose. If you use WoW interface add-ons, back them up to a USB thumbdrive, or to a place on your internal hard disk.

    External drives for home users are probably slower than internal ones in general, but that is a guess on my part. Most users will not notice the difference.

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.