WordNet
n. a drive with its own power supply and fan mounted outside the computer system enclosure and connected to the computer by a cable
Usage examples of "external drive".
It had no spin, no gravity, refuse littered its passages, and it drifted without external drive—.
It had no spin, no gravity, refuse littered its passages, and it drifted without external drive&mdash.
It had no spin, no gravity, refuse littered its passages, and it drifted without external drive -- but deep inside it functioned.
It had no spin, no gravity, refuse littered its passages, and it drifted without external drive-but deep inside it functioned.
Jack stopped off in his room and brought his laptop and the FireWire external drive that he used.
All that is needed is motive power for the compressor, which is an external drive.