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    Question about a USB drive

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by Emerican_Idiot, Jan 1, 2007.

  1. Emerican_Idiot

    Emerican_Idiot Notebook Consultant

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    Okay I have a 2GB USB drive I have Halo on it and it runs great when I hook it up to my laptop. I even put steam on it and ran counter-strike off of it, but sometimes steam takes a while to start up I have to try a few times. I also have Xfire on it. I was wondering is it possible to put MSN on it, without having it installed on the laptop of my harddrive? I have it on my desktop, so I copied and past the folder onto the USB drive, loads uo but when I hit sign in it just closes down, is there a way to get it on a usb drive and run it?
     
    Emerican_Idiot, Jan 1, 2007
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  2. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You can run CS:S off a USB thumbdrive???

    I wanna know!
     
    usapatriot, Jan 1, 2007
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  3. Emerican_Idiot

    Emerican_Idiot Notebook Consultant

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    No I have CS:S on my laptop harddrive and CS 1.6 on the usb drive.
     
    Emerican_Idiot, Jan 1, 2007
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    Sleepy Guy Notebook Guru

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    not to sure about MS MSN I know miranda IM runs on it's own. You can always try installing on the drive and see.
     
    Sleepy Guy, Jan 1, 2007
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  5. Emerican_Idiot

    Emerican_Idiot Notebook Consultant

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    I can't install on usb it just goes to the harddrive don't know how to select the hard drive.
     
    Emerican_Idiot, Jan 1, 2007
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    Gator Go Gators!

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    Well normally I'd point out that this is the exact kind of usage that'll reduce a thumb drive's lifespan by some huge number, but they've gotten better in recent years and a lot cheaper so what the heck.
     
    Gator, Jan 1, 2007
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  7. Emerican_Idiot

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    Yeah that's right, plus I got it on sale, like $80 off plus since I work at Best Buy I got another discount, so it was super cheap. So anyone know how to get MSN on it and get it working?
     
    Emerican_Idiot, Jan 1, 2007
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  8. Emerican_Idiot

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    So anyone know how to put msn on a usb drive?
     
    Emerican_Idiot, Jan 2, 2007
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    Bwen Notebook Evangelist

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    You could try PixaMSN: http://usuarios.lycos.es/pixador/
    Direct Download
     
    Bwen, Jan 3, 2007
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Or try http://www.gaim.sf.net if you don't need all the features of "real" MSN (most of which are really just annoyances)
     
    Pitabred, Jan 3, 2007
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