Does Seagate 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive work with Vista(R) Home Premium SP1 64 bit? Does Seagate 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive work with Vista(R) Home Premium SP1 64 bit?http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001FWGJIY/ref=ox_ya_oh_productThanks,Smitha Does Seagate 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive work with Vista(R) Home Premium SP1 64 bit? Does Seagate 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive work with Vista(R) Home Premium SP1 64 bit? » Read More Does Seagate 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive work with Vista(R) Home Premium SP1 64 bit? Does Seagate 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive work with Vista(R) Home Premium SP1 64 bit?http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001FWGJIY/ref=ox_ya_oh_productThanks,Smitha « Show Less
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Seagate's website claims all the "Go" series products are compatible with 64-bit Vista: http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=196031. It specifically lists Vista Home premium there, and you can find a download for the 64-bit software on their website, too. They put in bold print that they "now" support 64-bit, so the earlier reviewer was probably right at the time he/she wrote the review.
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It depends on what you mean by compatible with Vista. Any flash drive you can find on the market today will let you plug it into your usb port and copy files to and from it in Vista. From what I've been able to find in my research the U3 software doesn't work under Vista at this point no matter what model of this drive you get - that will change when a new version of U3 is released. Finally there's Ready Boost - the feature of Vista that lets you plug in a flash drive to speed up your computer in lieu of adding more memory. As far as I can tell there are 2 different versions of the titanium out right now - one that is compatible with ready boost (look for a "RB" at the end of the product number - eg. SDCZ7-4096-A10RB) and one that isn't (SDCZ7-4096-A10 in this case). Right now you can expect to pay about $15-$20 more for the Ready Boost capable drives. How's that for confusing? :-)
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I believe this drive is backwards compatible with USB 2. I have the same drives and had no trouble with using USB 2.
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Yes, I am successfully using this with all my USB 3.0 External Hard Drives 2 1/2" (Seagate's and Toshiba's) ranging from 500 GB to 1 TB. Works like a champ. I am using this on a Windows 7 Home tower computer I built (Intel platform). This unit provides enough power to run the external hard drives at USB spec 3.0.
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Not sure I understand your question. If you mean will it work with the new computer, it should if the computer has a USB port and Windows is installed. Windows will recognize the flash drive so you can either load files onto the Cruzer or download any files saved on it. I had no problem using this flash drive with my computer running Windows Vista.
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Any external USB hard drive can be used via the USB ports, the seagate HD is necessary to for the "convenient" slide in interface (it still leaves both USB ports open)
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I purchaced 2 of these. I recently purchased a new computer with Vista. The U3 portion of the drive DOES NOT work with Vista. You have to have one with the Ready Boost. My drive no longer works because I tried to update with U3 program with a program off of SanDisk's website. Now I am dealing with warranty.
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I have it installed in a 64 bit Windows 7 machine and the install and operation is flawless. I would assume there should be no issue on a Vista system but I don't know for a fact.
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No, no instructions. Yes, it is compatible with Windows Vista. It is an internal drive meaning that you install it inside the computer case. Does your case have an empty slot for the drive? It not, you might consider an external USB drive instead. I have one of those as well and it has been just as reliable as the internal unit.
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As long as you have a working USB port it should work. I have no problem with Windows 7 64 Bit SP1. I don't see why it wouldn't work with Vista. Have you gone to HP's site and checked? Maybe a bad port or a driver issue.
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I have used this USB enclosure with a 500gb SATA II drive with Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and with Windows 10 Technical Preview (ver 10041) and it is plug and play on all of those operating systems. I have transferred 500gb on backups from all of those operating systems and it is strictly plug and play. I have also run the disk partitioning and formatting utilities of Windows 10 on this USB hard drive also with no problems.So the latest Windows operating systems are not a problem for this USB enclosure. Maybe you have a bad drive or a problem with your systems USB ports or drivers.
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That would depend on the type of USB on the hard drive. Most of my USB 2.0 seagate drives uses mini USB, not mini USB.
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It works fine with Windows 7, including both Home Premium 32/64 bit and Ultimate 64 bit (those are the systems I have). Think about it....why would Microsoft, of all companies, create a product that is not compatible with their latest operating system?
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Hi, I still have the packaging and it lists Windows Vista as a supported OS, it also lists Windows 7 (no mention of 32 or 64 bit) but I can confirm it works well with Windows 7 64-bit. Hope this helps you in taking the plunge. Listiel W.
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You did not say what operating system you have so I do not know how old, also if you replacing or adding this drive to your system, so I have to guess on these points. If it is a newer system from dell you have anywhere from a 500gb to a 1 tb drive installed from Dell, Most dell computer do have al least 1 extra dive location so you can add a drive. As for the Seagate brand it makes no difference what brand drive you install in your computer only that it be formatted for the OS you are going to use so it can be seen and read and write to. I hope this answers your question.
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I have the Seagate 2tb and I also run Windows 7 and it just asked me to upload an out of date app but it works. That's all I can tell you.
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I got a WD Passport 160 GB USB 2.0 Drive today. - It does not work on my 4-year old Compaq Presario 900 laptop (XP home with SP2). Nothing happens. - So far no trouble running it on my newer HP Pavilion dv4000 (XP home with SP2).With all the comments about working or not working with laptops I keep my fingers crossed! Noticed that reviews earlier this year were far more negative than more recent one's. Did they improve the product??