I think the plugging in depends on how often you plan to use it. I operate on the theory that the less it's plugged in, the less wear and tear on it, so I've done different things.
-Right now my EHD is just for backup, so I plug it in once a week to supplement daily online backups.
-At one point I had an EHD that was my main scrapping drive and my online backup service backed it up, so I had it plugged in all the time.
-When I used an EHD as a secondary scrapping drive (ie, newest and favorite kits on the computer's HD, everything else on the EHD) I plugged it in as needed, about 2-3 times a week. I wasn't backing the EHD up to an online service then.
And yes, you can move things around exactly as you would on your computer's HD.
Last edited by rach3975; 11-11-2012 at 01:31 PM.
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