Windows 8 DEV Installation USB: Have anyone done this with this capacity or the 16 GB version is necessary?
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Windows 8 Developer's preview build fits on a normal DVD the last time I checked, so 8gb is more than enough space. I dont remember the exact size of the ISO but it might have been 3.7gb in which a 4gb might suffice but for the price it's better to just get a 16gb.
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If you have the sw for it. I am using 4 different size drives, the largest being 2 tb the smallest being 250 gb. I can access any drive or multiple drives through through the usb port.
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Yes it no problems with windows 8. Just plug it into your powered USB 2.0 port, the driver will be installed, and you can start reading and writing disks in no time. No power source needed, it is USB powered
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The disc has the driver needed for the device. Once you install it, you dont need it anymore. I dont have windows 8, so not sure about that. Hope it helps.
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I have no idea why the description says 8gb.What I'm using this USB 32GB is actually a 32gb.Suggest you, ask the manufacturer or dealer in order to make sure.
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Use the USB and a USB external hard drive. WD has one with 2TB I picked up during Black Friday sales.
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Sorry, I run Windows, don't do "I" products, the actual available storage is slightly less than 500GB's, so if you need 500 I'd go bigger, there is a 750 & a 1TB on Amazon
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I don't foresee any case that you need 8 DIM sockets. If you plan on gaming on Windows 7 then 16GB is max. Even if you want to run Windows 8.1 more then 16GB is probably over kill.
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Yes, Under x64 16TB is seen depending on your configuration, partition type, For more info please See: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2581408?wa=wsignin1.0
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Yes, it is not a problem, it is very easily accessible. Not sure if the BIOS would support 16 GB though...you have to check that
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I've a 32GB drive. It works with Win 8. I assume 64GB drives should work with Win 8.
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My use was on a mill with a Pentium 3 processor running MSDOS 6.21. DOS sees it a Drive A: and all the software treats it the same way. The formatted USB drive when plugged into our Windows 8 desktops only works with the first 1.44 MB partition.
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I don't think it is! I believe you could get a 16 gig USB drive- they are around $25-35 now.There's a whole technology inside each of these devices. The SD protocol is different than SDHC protocol. It would be interesting to get my 8 gig micro SDHC card and put it into a USB adapter and see if that runs!
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I am using USB 3 and performance is reasonable. Using Windows 8.1 Storage Spaces with full parity, I am getting ~20-40 MB/sec throughput on writes. I would recommend it for archive and backups. Not sure about the throughput yet for something like an active media server.
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I run a 32-bit Vista system. Formatted a 4tb drive GTP/NTFS, connected via eSata and it is both fast and reliable. USB does not work.
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I am running windows 8.1 (64) on a laptop. I probably loaded a driver that came with the drive, but I did not download anything. I have had no problems at all except that I would like to operate throught a usb3 hub and that is not reliable.I use the unit heavily and highly recommend it.good luck!
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".......with Windows 8.1?"&gt;&gt;Don't see any reason why not. It's an electro-mechanical switch. It doesn't know what your running nor does it care. "Can same copy of Windows be loaded on each drive?"&gt;&gt;Anytime you install a Windows OS from a disk to a drive as a new install you are risking key number and activation issues. It reads the HDD serial number and MB type etc and thinks it's a new machine. Clone your existing HDD's. You shouldn't have any issues. I cloned my primary HDD to another HDD of the same brand and specs (bought them both at the same time) and I have had zero issues with activation etc when I boot to the clone. I don't like "back-ups". I do a full blown clone at least once a month or even less. So far, so good. The other 4 channels on the Orico are devoted to Linux OS's. Hope this helps.