Is an OS on this Drive
1549637
No, you would never expect to have anything pre-installed on a bare drive like this. Formatted maybe, but usually not. Completely empty.
1549638
In a word: no. These drives don't normally come with operating systems installed on them. You'll have to install your own OS. Sometimes manufacturers pre-format their drives to accommodate the Windows or OSX OS for convenience, but if not you can easily format them to whatever system you'll use them in. I use Mac OSX so I use the Disk Utilities app to do that.
990058
It has been formatted from the factory as NTFS which works with Windows OS, including Windows 7. No need to worry.
754901
Yes, works great I put my operating system on it no issues. This drive is small and out of the way don't have to waste a bay up front. If you can afford would go for the 120 gb
1916807
You dont generally, the 80GB mSATA solid state drive is used by the OS for caching purposes. Or it could be configured to have the OS only installed on it not sure though. Can Seller clarify?
1029923
Yes. It's blank. Usually installation of an OS (operating system like Windows, Linux, OSx) will format the drive. Different OS's may use different format parameters so the drive will work in many different computers and OS's.
1067309
yes it does. i'm running it. any hard drive shouldn't care what version of the operating system you have.
1083462
My box is a dual boot -- Win 98 and Win XP. For compatibility reasons, all drives are FAT 32 and I can access the FAT 32 data.
625705
Yes, but you will need the product code for the OS on the unit if your using a recovery disc. If you have the original install disc, then the code should be on it or on the side of the computer.
2234027
No u have to format.. partition.. and load Windows 7..if it's a new drive u have to do a fresh install..
374920
It has a 256GB SSD and a 1TB hard drive. The operating system is installed on the SSD.
1258551
I would also like to know if the download installation is Windows 7 compatible.
2280773
You can install an OS onto it. I have it running Linux in a dual boot configuration right now
830042
From my expreience with the hard drive, it does not back up operating systems. I have just backed up my computer this morning in response to this question and could not find the option (granted, i have a 350gb drive--not the 500--being that the two might have different abilities (I highly doubt it)).
1925233
I think so, as you won't be using is as the boot drive. You should.be able to access any good files.
1151328
It is a USB device. It doesn't care what OS you using as long as the OS has a USB driver!
1476710
The Windows folder appears on the C drive, which is the SSD, so I would assume the OS is installed on the SSD drive.
1945541
The OS is windows but for the life of me I can't remember. Ask if it came with certain programs and it might jog my memory. Sorry