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my old laptop broke and my new one has only 32 gb of memory. My old laptop had 750 gb hdd. If i connect my old laptops hd to my new laptop via sata cable will i be able to save games to it via steam and play them? thanks in advance
Herald of Andraste
Posted 2017-01-20T02:59:34.953
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I assume that by 'memory' you mean storage, not RAM.
Yes, you can connect the old laptop's disk through a SATA⇆USB adapter and it'll be usable with Steam – although you should make sure both the adapter and the port are USB 3, otherwise it might be too slow for some games.
user1686
Posted 2017-01-20T02:59:34.953
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If you are lucky (owner of some HP laptop that has combined eSATA/USB port) then you need only a eSATA cable for that (2-5 bucks) and it will give you the same transfer speed as an internal hdd. If you will get USB2<->SATA adapter then you will be limited to a maximum speed 30-38 Mbytes/s, so make sure you have USB3(blue one) on new laptop and make sure then to get UBS3<->SATA adapter to get compatible with SATA speed
Alex
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