external hard drives

[risky red]

appears to be useful as back-ups for a system. What happens if the
motherboard goes down. can the external back up be used on another computer?
can one external be used to back up more than one system?

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

I'd suggest you ask both this and your other question in a newsgroup related
to whatever version of Windows you're using.

 

[Alexander Helbing]

Heya,

well if there is a boot record on the HD, then yes you can plug the external
thing into a different system, and it should boot up.
Normaly if a MB fries, just replace it and the HD's should be picked up and
your OS should start, you might have to reinstall some drivers afterwards.

Hope this helps.
rgds,
Alex